Costa Rica
We arrived to Costa Rica about 6:30 am and the ship was cleared and set to tender about 7:00 am. We made it down and boarded the tender about 7:15 and the tender ride was about 15 minutes. It was already very hot and humid.
Our driver met us about 8 am in the marina. The ride over to the Manuel Antonio National Park was about 15 minutes. There is a limited number of tickets sold each day. Fortunately we set up this tour many months before we even left home.
Our tour guide was Manuel. It was his tour company and he had 4 other guides working with other guests. 6 of us went with Manuel. He was extremely knowledgable about all of the wild life we saw in the park. He carried a spotter scope and was able to shoot video using it. He took most of the best photos and videos and air dropped them to us at the end of the tour. It was a 3 hour tour in the park and we commented that we saw so much more wildlife than we did in the Amazon.
One of the more interesting things out side of the wildlife was the young lady that opposite me in the group photo. She was a tech consultant who lived in Chicago. She quit her job to go see the world and told us it is no longer a negative when you have large gaps on your resume. She would be staying Costa Rica through March. I guess a lot has happened to the world since I last worked full time. Maybe lack of responsibilities leads to this but I know by the time I was her age I was already in the midst of my teaching career and had two children. No one dared to quit a job with those kind of responsibilities.
We said our goodbyes and decided to have lunch back in the marina. Great food and drink. I don’t know what I thought Costa Rica would be like but this wasn’t it. Obviously lots of money here, at least in the marina.
The Captain spoke around dinner time and said that he will need all 4 engines and favorable currents to get to the next port of Manzanillo, Mexico. Our goal is to play golf nothing booked yet.
The evening entertainment was the return of Chris Pendleton. She came out in her fat attire and cracked more eating jokes. She also sang and played some amazing electric violin. Second show was as good as the first!…