Little mister Malcolms eyes

Cartoonist..deep in thought.

A last minute burst of creativity, just before leaving for school.

Playin the "blues"

Dylan with the Monte "backlite method"
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Goodbye for now Costa Rica.
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Couple enjoying the beach, puerto viejo, costa rica.
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Family swimming at sunset.
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Young girl strolling along the beach...lost in thought.
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Bay at Puerto Viejo CR
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Don't worry....be happy.
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Can you say...... no building codes!

Have camera will travel.

Russ drinkin and dialing...(sideways reference)

another view of a green poison dart frog.

Green poison dart frog

Peg and I heading out for a day of exploring.

Our lodge was the one in the upper left. Definitly the premier room at Cashew hill.
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Cashew Hill has a sort of conference area for guests, who want to meet together, or simply lay in a hammock on the top floor and observe the beautiful surroundings. It's in the middle of the compound.

View of the other bungaloes at Cashew Hill Jungle lodge, from our doorway.

The view from our porch, looking down at the town of Puerto Viejo. Look closely you can see the ocean in the distance. At night the waves were pretty loud in a nice way......

Russ..exhausted after a long, tiring search for the A.C. switch! He finally gave in and decided..yes it's true there is no air conditioning in this jungle lodge. But at night it was very comfortable almost cold a few nights.

Coquita, a small village near one of costa Rica's many National Forests. This place has a ..let's just say "loose" reputation.... lot's of hard working "girls" here. Not that anythings wrong with that (Seinfeld reference)

Open air market at Limon, Costa Rica. This is a "port" town many cargo ships were lined up here picking up bananas and pineapples mostly.

Pineapples being harvested.
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Two rivers merging in the rain forest. The one on the left is filled with volcanic ash. Notice the clouds just at treetop level...at this point we were pretty far up in the mountains, crossing Costa Rica headed to the Atlantic side.
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decorative tiles San Jose

500 colones..about one dollar US
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Woman in traditional dress San Jose
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Our hotel in San Jose nice place, great staff.

Peggy and her buddy Fernando. She's a fool for a uniform.

Russ San Jose CR
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Sun worshipers...Punta Uva Costa Rica.
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the "green room" Punta Uva
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Surfer..Punta Uva, Costa Rica.
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Her little "soda" as the small family style eateries are called, is a clean open air restaurant. Very clean and the food is delicious! mucho buena senora!
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Here is the lady herself Ms Helena! cook extraordinare..Costa Rican native..and former psych nurse from New Jersey...she grew tired of the daily grind, chasing after money in the U.S.A. and returned to her childhood home to open her little eatery...and we're glad she did!
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Ms Helena definitly served it up with love....

Birds were everywhere of course in Costa Rica. These two were interested in what we were having for dinner one afternoon.
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Ms Helena's soda became our favorite place for rice and beans caribbean style...
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nice waves

I was wondering what book she was reading....and of course i liked the pretty waves...and..and..oh yeah nice.....beach.
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Scooters

These are how we got around in Puerto Viejo when we were in Costa Rica. Fun, fun, fun!
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Scooby doo

Dylan the comedian
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