Photos by Nanci Blog

Three-toed sloth in Manuel Antonio National Park, Quepos, Costa Rica BRUTAL! Our suitcases need to be outside our door at 5:30 a.m.! And we need to be ready to leave the Crown Plaza Coribici at 6:20 a.m. It will take us about 3 hours to get to Manuel Antonio Park .  It's a beautiful day and many people will be headed to the beach, Manuel Antonio and Quepos have lots of beaches so traffic down there should be fun. We head to the Pacific Coast once again and stop in the town of Jacó to stretch our legs and take a few photos. Jacó has beautiful black sand beaches and is loved by surfers. It's about five minutes away from Hermosa Beach which has pipes and beach breaks for experienced surfers only. We travel another hour and a half and reach Quepos. Passing through the town we see the public beach and end up at our hotel, the  Hotel San Bada . It's located right next to the  Manuel Antonio Park   entrance. Our rooms won't be ready until later in the afternoon and w...

One of three Jaguars at the  Natuwa Wildlife Sanctuary  Their story below. This is our last day in Monteverde , we're heading back to San Jose later today; some of our group will be heading home on Sunday and the rest of us are continuing on to Manuel Antonio National Park  for a few days. We'll be leaving the cool air of the mountains and traveling south towards the Gulf of Nicoya and the hot and steamy weather for a visit to the  Natuwa Wildlife Sanctuary . So it's suitcases outside our doors and breakfast at 7 a.m. (we're getting used to this schedule). We enjoy a nice buffet breakfast at the  El Establo Hotel  then head to the coach for our 8 a.m. departure.   Before we head out I get to say goodbye to a tour guide I was hanging out with on my zip line adventure on Friday. We have about an hours drive to the Sanctuary and the landscape is pretty rugged. Eric finds a pull off and we stop for a group photo. The view here is beautiful. We drive t...