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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...

"I want to go back to the island" -Jimmy Buffett "Tin Cup Chalice" Little Cayman, BWI. Our favorite island. It is one of three Islands comprising the Cayman Islands. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 60 miles northeast of Grand Cayman and five miles (8 km) west of Cayman Brac. The first recorded sighting of Little Cayman, along with Cayman Brac, was by Christopher Columbus on May 10, 1503, on his fourth and final voyage, when heavy winds forced his ship off course. At that time, he named the islands "Las Tortugas" for the many sea turtles found abundant in the sea and living there. The islands were later renamed "Las Caimanas" for the rock iguanas (that were thought to be caimans) also found living there. The first settlement on the island was in the 17th century when settlers or runaways, Indentured servants set up camps that would supply pirate & military ship convoys with fresh meat, as well as freshwater, Turtle, pig...