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 | Part 7 Costa Rica—Colorful Carretas, a Red Metallic Church, & a
04/07/2008
We headed east on the morning of our last day of touring, with our first stop in Sarchi, Costa Rica’s foremost crafts center, which is set in the midst of coffee plantations at the southern end of Poas Volcano. The town is famous for its leather rocking
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 | Part 6: Costa Rica — A Three-Legged Thief, Capuchins, & a Gorge
03/24/2008
We had about a ten-minute walk from where we departed our bus to get to the gate at Manuel Antonio National Park—one section meant crossing an ocean inlet (at low tide, one steps into a little rowboat, for a small fee, and then walks to the end of the boa
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 | Part 5: Costa Rica —Tropical Flowers, A Strangler Fig, & a G
03/15/2008
Leaving Fortuna, we soon drove by the Children’s Eternal Rain Forest, part of the Monteverde cloud forest region. Donations from school children around the world purchased this land to be preserved forever.
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| | Part 4: Costa Rica—A Banana Plantation, Neon Frogs, & A Step
03/11/2008
After a short bus ride, we explored a banana plantation/processing plant where Rolando took us into the field to get a first-hand look at how they grow, and we also enjoyed seeing the many steps in processing those yummy, potassium yielders.
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| | Part 3: Costa Rica—Water-Walking Lizards and a Caribbean Bea
03/11/2008
After breakfast, we boarded smaller, uncovered boats for a flora and wildlife-spotting cruise into the waters of Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve, which included viewing the basillisk lizard (“walks-on- water” lizard; he’s nicknamed the Jesus Christ Liza
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| | Part 2: Costa Rica—Anteaters, Poison Dart Frogs, & a Rain Fo
03/11/2008
The next morning the five of us had breakfast, and Doug spotted a flock of wild parrots in the park across from our hotel, before we made our early departure, which first took us through Braulio Carrillo National Park, with its beautiful scenery and casca
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| | Costa Rica, a Nature Lover’s Dream & Then Some …
03/11/2008
The republic of Costa Rica lies entirely within the tropics, just 8-11 degrees north of the Equator, and is bordered on the north by Nicaragua and on the south by Panama. About one third of its 19,650 sq. miles is protected within reserves or national pa
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| | Farewell to the Pharoahs!
03/11/2008
The guidebooks say, “Luxor is like no other place on earth. There’s an embarrassment of riches to be found here.” This was to be our last day in Southern Egypt. After a full day already behind us, it was hard to believe that anything could equal the
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