Costa Rica Trip Photos

[Scrumhalf]

Just downloaded my photos and will be posting a few over the next few days.

Here are a couple of butterflies:

Heliconius charithonia (Longwing Zebra):

Longwing Zebra Butterfly by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Heliconius melpomene (Postman):

Postman Butterfly by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

[Scrumhalf]

We spent the first 5 days at El Remanso Resort on the Osa Peninsula. It is an eco lodge in primary tropical forest. Our casita was on stilts in the middle of the forest. Monkeys would wake us up every morning as they foraged through the trees right outside our window.

Here are some shots of this resort:

View from the deck of our casita:

View from Casita Deck - El Remanso, Osa Peninsula by Scrumhalf, on Flickr


Dining Area of the Eco Lodge:

Dining Area - El Remanso, Osa Peninsula by Scrumhalf, on Flickr


We went dolphin watching on the Golfo Dulce, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.. water was like a bathtub as we snorkeled:

Golfo Dulce - Osa Peninsula by Scrumhalf, on Flickr


Golfo Dulce - Osa Peninsula by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

[Scrumhalf]

We then moved to Nayara Resort in the Arenal Volcano area in the north of the country. This was an upscale all-inclusive resort. Stupendously beautiful - this is rated as the number 4 resort in the world I can believe it:

Here is what looked like on the deck of our casita:

Casita Deck - Nayara Resort by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Casita Deck - Nayara Resort by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Casita Deck - Nayara Resort by Scrumhalf, on Flickr


Outdoor shower:

Outdoor shower - Nayara Resort by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

[chuckz28]

So awesome. I'd love to go there some day. Photos look fantastic scrum!

[lipripper]

Looks awesome Scrum..Always wanted to go there..did you get offshore for any fishing? WORLD CLASS fishing off costa rica bro...some of the best anywhere..

[Chadd77]

Beautiful pics man. Looks amazing!

[Bouncer]

beautiful.

outside shower looks cool. something about a shower outside is cool to me.

[Scrumhalf]

Lip, I was talking to the boat captain who took us out dolphin watching and he said that he takes people out marlin fishing every week. Like you said, sport fishing is pretty big there.

[MattG]

Amazing shots as always Scrum! I must admit im very envious of your vacation.lol

[FitnessBrat]

beautiful.

outside shower looks cool. something about a shower outside is cool to me.

Agreed. I would love for that to my shower at home. :grin:

[rado]

Nice pics man. Yea I definitely like the outside shower. I would have gotten myself a bottle of wine and hit the hammock :)

[Scrumhalf]

Amazing shots as always Scrum! I must admit im very envious of your vacation.lol

Haha... this was a long time in planning! Off to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks on the 28th! Can't wait!! :D

[BEAST]

Great stuff scrumm. :)

[Scrumhalf]

Here are some monkeys - we saw 3 of the 4 monkey species that exist there.

Howler Monkey - Mother with baby:

Howler Monkey in Osa by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Howler Monkey:

Howler Monkey at Cano Negro by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Spider Monkey:

Spider Monkey - 2 by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Spider Monkey - 1 by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

White Faced Capuchin:

White-faced Capuchin by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

Enjoying a little coconut! :)

White-faced Capuchin - 2 by Scrumhalf, on Flickr

[blm]

Pretty amazing trip. I'm envious.