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After the hike, we had the juice of the day: guanábana - yummy, and the chip of the day: yucca - good. This guy wasn't on the menu, just curious... Another postcard view, on our walk back to the bungalow... * * * We washed up and had lunch: casado with tuna (below) and yuccassoise (the yucca version of French potato leek soup). Fruit for dessert. While having lunch, we saw a green snake with a blue tongue slither across the deck. We paged through a book on Costa Rican animals before going back to our bungalow to change for Nick's surf lesson. * * * The lesson was with Oldemar " Pollo " of Tres Peces Surf School at Pan Dulce at 3:30. We were told it's a 15 minute walk; however, just as we were leaving, the Lapa Rios truck that was departing backed up and asked us if we needed a ride. The family from Dallas we flew in with was also heading out for the surf lesson. This was a good thing, as I don't think we would have found the spot on the ...

Lapa Rios is more than a luxury ecolodge on the Osa Peninsula. It is a 1,000 acre, private, nature reserve, protecting Central America's last remaining lowland tropical rain forest. The reserve is mostly primary rain forest, meaning it has remained relatively untouched by human activity. * * * At 8:15 we hiked the Osa Trail, which, again, brought the Tropical Nature book to life. (There are sign-up sheets at the front desk where you sign up for the activities you want to do; they are all an additional charge.) Jason was our guide. One other guy also did this trail with us. He was the director for Sansa airlines in Panama, on assignment to figure out why people choose Nature Air over Sansa Airlines for their Puerto Jiménez flights. The hike was great. Very interesting... We saw the Sangrillo Colorado - a massive tree, found only in the Lapa Rios Reserve (not sure which picture this is). There were the "loco leaves" that move all crazy-like while the leaves around the...

I woke again to the howler monkey alarms that were going off. It was a bit before 6, and I heard the coffee carafe being delivered to the shelf outside of the room. (You can have this service for an additional $3 per day.) We had our coffee on the deck then went to breakfast. Of course, I had to snap more shots of our super cool bungalow! Hopefully it gives you a good impression of what it was like. There's an indoor shower... And an outdoor one... The hammock on the upper deck. The lower deck. * * * For breakfast, Nick had an omelette and I had the Tico especial. I can't remember exactly where, but we observed this colorful, handsome fellow. next post > day 11 - Lapa Rios Osa Trail previous post > day 10 - Lapa Rios Observations first post > day 1 - Adventure, Exploration and Relaxation