Dec. 12-13, Hotel San Bada to Tarcoles River Cruise then back to San Jose
We say goodbye to the Hotel San Bada and Manuel Antonio Park . Today is a final full day in Costa Rica. We pack up our bags, enjoy a buffet breakfast listening to the howler monkeys and birds and soaking in the colors of the beautiful flowers that surround us. Goodbye Pacific Ocean; not sure when I'll get to swim again in the Pacific but this view is burned into my memory bank. After breakfast, we all climb into the van; we have about an hour and half ride to our final Costa Rican adventure-a crocodile river boat cruise. We leave Quepos for Tarcoles, traffic is a little heavy, we're on the coast highway, which is just two lanes, that runs along Pacific Coast to the Gulf of Nicoya. This area of the country has large Palm plantations and we pass a few palm oil processing plants. We stop at Plaza Herradura for a quick bit to eat (empanadas and ice cream!) then off we go. We'll be cruising on the River Tarcoles that is basically the border between the Alajuela and San Jose...