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My profession is to always find God in nature.
– Henry David Thoreau
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| Maraca Plant or Shampoo Ginger My Garden, Atenas, Costa As always: Click Image to Enlarge |
I had the gardeners clean out my garden today, cutting back the plumbago which was taking over everything like a plant-eating monster and this is part of what was opened up. New surprises every day in a garden! And I used to be happy with one or two of these flowers! 20+ now! This sure is different from gardening in Tennessee! 🙂
See also My Garden Photo Gallery or the bigger FLORA & FORESTS gallery
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| My Front Porch Hammock & Bay View Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| My Front Door & Outside Chairs Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| My Room, All those windows have only screens. High ceiling with Fan! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Flights of Stairs UP to Rooms on Top of Hill Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Flights of Stairs DOWN from Rooms on Top of Hill Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Exit Sign from Drake Bay Community Trail to Hotel Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| 3 Meals a Day Overlooking the Bay Though some trips included a box lunch on the day trip Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Gourmet Meals Served Three Times a Day! Plus Happy Hour with Appetizers! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Hotel’s Fleet of Boats is Important to Guest Transportation! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| As Are the Boat Captains! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| A Familiar Scene Coming and Going from the Hotel Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| And the Hotel Pier is Really the “Front Door” to Hotel You get here by boat or by walking a trail. No road for cars. Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
I loved it here! Being gone the bulk of the daytime on adventures kept me from missing air-conditioning, which in the hot and humid coastal rainforest would have been better for resting inside during the day. But who does that with all the things to do during the day? At night the ceiling fan was more than adequate and I actually turned it off two nights and used the blanket.
Though not made yet, I will soon have a “Trip Gallery” on this trip in a new area of my Costa Rica galleries simply called TRIPS. And of course as always I use every trip to increase my collection of bird photos and other categories of photos in my big gallery called Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA. If interested in Costa Rica you might enjoy exploring my galleries.
And this concludes the Blog reports on my recent Corcovado-Drake Bay trip, though more photos may pop up here in the future. A 6-day trip is the longest I have made since my move here and I like longer visits in the same location! A friend has scheduled a week-long trip here soon for birding and will be in a different hotel every night. He may see more birds but will be physically exhausted by the end of the week! I’m too old for that now! 🙂 Pura Vida!
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
And my Lodges & Hotels of Costa Rica photo gallery
Costa Rica to soon unveil its first hydrogen-powered bus!
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| Sunrise from the Front Porch of My Room Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Little Stream on Hotel Property Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Complete with a Swinging Bridge! It connects a trail around the total bay. Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Pedrillo Falls Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Little Falls Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Part of the Continuous Beach Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Ranger Station like this at both Pedrillo & Cañon Island Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Part of the beach is rocky like this Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Boat Trip Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Floating Hyacinths & Dense Forests Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| And of course, lots of Mangrove Trees that grow in the brackish water and attract wildlife Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
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| A short street in the village of Drake Bay called “Hibiscus Way” Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Red Hibiscus Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
Just a tiny sample of the lush forests around Drake Bay & in the Park:
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| This massive root structure is on property of Hotel Aguila de Osa Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Hotel Aguila de Osa Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Mangoes on the ground for animals to eat or to rot Common all over Costa Rica this time of year – We can’t eat them all! Here on public trail through Aguila de Osa Hotel, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Mango Tree Along public trail Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Public Trail Near Hotel Aguila de Osa Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Park Trail, near Pedrillo Ranger Station Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Bamboo at Aguila de Osa Lodge Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
See also my Photo Gallery called Flora & Forests
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
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| Malachite Butterfly Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| White-faced Capuchin Monkey Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Red-tailed Squirrel Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| White-nosed Coati Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Agouti Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| White-lined Bat Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Proboscis Bat (said guide) or Gray Sac-winged Bat Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Land Crab Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Spotted Dolphin Near Cañon Island, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
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| Sunrise from my cabin at Aguila Inn Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
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| Rainforest Meets Pacific Ocean Corcovdo National Park, Costa Rica |
A big gourmet breakfast and off by 6:30 by boat to San Pedrillo Ranger Station by boat in the rain through some pretty big swells along the Pacific coast – about 30 minutes and another wet landing in the surf and knee-deep wading to shore. We hiked three trails including part of the beach above seeing an unbelievable number of tree species and other cool plants, many animals and two new birds for me. We also saw a beautiful waterfall that I will show later. Then another rough boat ride back after our sandwich lunch, but no more rain! But it is cloudy and I do expect rain tonight.
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
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NEXT WEEK:
Then Monday morning I plan to take off for Corcovado National Park (largest rainforest preserve in Central America) & Drake Bay for 6 days of nature adventure & photography. I will have three trips into the park and one to an island out in this bay of the Pacific. I’m ready!
And I’m staying in what looks like a really nice lodge, Aguila de Osa Rainforest Lodge with all meals included and all trips/guides pre-scheduled. This is going to be one of my better trips! 🙂 Boat & hiking in the rainforest, explore a little tropical island, snorkle in the Pacific, and hopefully photograph a lot of birds! 🙂 I fly down.
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