Marriott San Jose Hacienda Belen
Our poolside room! Only one short night here...
Marriott
Marriott San Jose Hacienda Belen. Only a few minutes from the airport - making it a great location for the first night in Costa Rica!
Marriott San Jose
Love this hotel! Marriott San Jose Hacienda Belen.
Quetzal at Zoo Ave
National bird of Costa Rica, the Resplendant Quetzal. So hard to see in the wild!
Peacock
Roaming around Zoo Ave in Costa Rica. Beware this place is FULL of spiders!
Boa Constrictor
Boa at Zoo Ave... at least this one was captive!
Flowers at Tabacon
Tabacon
Flower growing at Tabacon Resort
Pink flower
Mistico Hanging Bridges
Crossing a hanging bridge at a park near Arenal.
Mistico
View from a bridge at Mistico Hanging Bridges Park.
Bridge
Me hanging on to a high hanging bridge!
Middle of the Bridge
Trail walking
Bay wren
Found this lil guy in the shadows at Mistico Hanging Bridges.
View down
Looking down from a hanging bridge...
Tree trunk
Crazy tree trunk at Mistico Hanging Bridges.
Snake!
Tiny snake at Mistico Hanging Bridges.
Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges
Obligatory photo!
Trusty Suzuki
Howler Monkey
Howler at Mistico Hanging Bridges.
Tabacon SLH
Didn't get an actual photo of Tabacon's sign. Hotel, restaurant and a pool on one side of the road, with a quick shuttle to the other side where another restaurant, pool, spa, and thermal pools are located.
Another waterfall
Arenal Observatory Lodge hike
Arenal waterfall
At Arenal Observatory Lodge
Waterfall Steps
Steps to the waterfall at Arenal Observatory Lodge
Arenal Volcano
View from Arenal Observatory Lodge, with a few clouds...
Arenal Panorama
Brian waiting for the clouds to clear from Arenal Volcano.
Clear Volcano View!
Yay, the clouds cleared!
Happy Cow
Arenal Observatory Lodge
Passerini's Tanager
Blue Butterfly
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Common hummer in Costa Rica.
A quick walk through Tabacon's thermal pools to Shangri-la, the adults only section.
Evening at the thermal pools
Waterfall built in to the thermal pools.
Room service!
My dinner one night. We had a big lunch, but only I was hungry for dinner!
Boa
Baby boa constrictor that Brian spotted on a railing near our room at Tabacon! Wildlife is everywhere!
Black-Mandibled Toucan
Black-Mandibled Toucan song
Tabacon's Hot Springs
One last photo from our final day here... every time we had to leave a hotel, it would be nice and sunny!
La Fortuna Waterfall
View from the top of the steps to walk down to the bottom of La Fortuna's waterfall.
At the bottom
Almost at the bottom of La Fortuna's waterfall!
Waterfall selfie
La Fortuna fish
Fish in the clear water near the bottom of the waterfall!
Galaxy
Having dinner at the JW Marriott Guanacaste, we had a visitor!
Pool selfie
Finally relaxing at the JW Marriott Guanacaste!
Cupcakes!
Cupcakes delivered to our room the evening before my birthday!
JW Marriott Pool
The largest infinity pool in Costa Rica I believe. Big, but mostly shallow. Still nice to relax by!
