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(Delmonte Banana Plant)

(pineapple lecture and tasting at Colin Street Pineapple farm)

(coffee Plant and fruit)

(Demonstrating the art of coffee making and drinking at the Britt coffee farm)

Costa Rica has over 200 volcanoes five of which are active. We visited the Paos Volcano which has a spectacular sulfur lagoon and steaming vents.

(Volcano Paos with sulfur lagoon)

Costa Rica has mountain ranges on its two coasts (Pacific and Caribbean) and a central valley in between. 

(Central Valley)

CR rains frequently has many rivers and rain forests.

(Two streams of different color merging)

(A potholed country road which the frequent rains made obvious)

(Riding in Tramcar over the top of a rain forest)

(Broccoli tree of the rain forest)

(Nature Walk on the floor of the rain forest)

(Walking on a hanging bridge over a rain forest in a misty rain)

Watching for wild life along many of its rivers are favorite tourist activities.

(The joke is that this immobile crocodile is actually fake plastic with “Made in China” stamped on its belly)

(Spider Monkey in tree along the riverbank)

(Caymans lounging along riverbank)

(The town of Tortugueros – land of turtles at the inlet of a river flowing into the Caribbean sea.)

(This is where sea turtle come to lay eggs – a protected area)

The following photos were taken in the River Negro near the border of Nicaragua

A tired but happy couple.