The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
¡Pura Vida!
More Water Scenes from Bocas
You may remember my first post from this trip, Life on the Water – check it out again and then here are some more water scenes in addition to that post and the Bird Island & Soropta Canal photos! It is all about water at Bocas del Toro, Panama!
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| Our dock at Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| A Little Island within swimming distance of our dock This was the best area for snorkeling with colorful coral and fish! Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| 15 year old Scott, one of the owner’s sons and an excellent birding guide! Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| Sunrises & Sunsets were mostly indirect for my times on the water Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| A common view when we went away from the island Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| I think this is a lodge or restaurant on one of the islands Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama |
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| And many people lived on the islands and thus on the water as here in Bocas Town Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama |
Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama
See my “Trip Gallery”:
2018 Tranquilo Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Experimenting with New Book Binding
This is a “heavy paper” special binding so all pages “lay flat” with none of a two-page photo lost in the gutter. I am experimenting and will decide if it is worth the much higher cost when I do a book like this with all 2-page spreads or panoramas. You can review every page electronically online in the bookstore by clicking the link or click the cover image above. Best seen “Full Page” as always.
¡Pura Vida!
Sunrise and WiFi Problem
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| The sun actually rises to the far right in this photo, but sometimes affects all the sky. Atenas, Costa Rica |
WIFI PROBLEM
My absence for several days on the blog is due to no internet connection which I first blamed on my provider Cable Tica and could not get a telephone tech whose Spanish I understood or one of the few with English. After 3 days I realized the problem was not them but my local router which took another 3 days to fix because of a holiday yesterday. There is a button on top of the router I am told not to touch and it is hard to not touch it because prominently placed. When I touch it the router is wiped clean and needs to be reprogrammed for my network. Grrrr. I took it into shop to be programmed but evidently the button was pressed again on the way home in my backpack. So today I had a technician come to my house and fix it without me touching it!
Well, anyway, it is fixed now and I can be back online. I did not realize how much I used the internet until without it several days! Lots of catch up blogs needed! And a trip Friday!
Tambor Tropical Resort
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| Sunrise Over Tambor Bay You don’t expect a sunrise over the Pacific, but it depends on angle of peninsula or bay! When no clouds on horizon, you see the big orange ball at the end of that point on right. See below. Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My House for a Week! (downstairs) Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My House at Night this Week (the downstairs part) Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My Room, bath on left and kitchen on right Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My Dining Room this Week Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Looking towards ocean from dining area Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Our grass and brown sand beach Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| The Hammock I Never had Time to Use But I did get a massage one day in the Spa! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Scarlet Macaw Several families literally lived on hotel property with 3 nest boxes. It could easily be called the “Scarlet Macaw Hotel” 🙂 Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Scarlet Macaws always in trees around cabins and pool! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Interesting People Too! Last night a family from Nashville checked in with their Tico relatives! Small World! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| And Beautiful Flowers!
Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Sunrises are different each morning if you get up early enough! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
They host several birding tours a year plus the Cornell annual bird count and it is known as a good place for birders with an on-property nature trail and 3 public trails along the river beside the hotel. And now the “Tambor Turtles” volunteer program takes place on the beach by the hotel with opportunities for guests to collect eggs or release babies at the right time of year.
My trip gallery for this trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
This is my blog post about the hotel and I hardily recommend it as a hotel and the area for both birding and relaxation! I just spent 5 nights and can’t imagine staying fewer! You need time to get to know a place and benefit from it! 4 or 5 nights is my minimum stay almost anywhere in Costa Rica!
¡Pura Vida!
Finishing My Caribe Report with Galleries
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| For my last morning’s sunrise I watch fishermen go out. And . . . Below are four categories of my photos not shown yet all linked to sub-galleries in this trip gallery with more bikes, birds, nature and culture photos. |
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| Caribe Bicycles The Major Mode of Transportation Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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| Masked Tityra Samasati Reserve Actually we walked down a rural road in front of the reserve. Near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| 3-Toed Sloth Cahuita National Park Near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Interesting Signs Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica |
These all represent things I found interesting in the Costa Rica Caribe and made a lot of photos of each. The linked title takes you to a sub-gallery on that subject with most birds in the Samasati gallery. Or to just thumb through my whole Caribe Trip, go to the trip gallery:
¡Pura Vida!
Retired in Costa Rica!
Hotel Banana Azul
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| Too many clouds for a traditional sunrise this morning, but I thought this shot to left of the sun was okay. Hotel Banana Azul, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica |
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| The Garden I face from the Dining Room — Bird feeder off to the right Hotel Banana Azul, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica |
This morning I decided to not keep posting so many photos on the blog, thus began my trip photo gallery for this experience where you can find lots of photos! Since this was to be the hotel post today, I will give links to three sub-galleries on the very relaxed and enjoyable Hotel Banana Azul:
Or for the whole trip, go to my trip photo gallery called
2017 Sept 4-8 — Caribe Banana Azul Puerto Viejo
including my visit to Cahuita National Park & Samasati Reserve
including my visit to Cahuita National Park & Samasati Reserve
And/or check out the Hotel Banana Azul Web Page
And plan ahead! They stay booked solid much of the time,
even in the “off season” which it is now.
And plan ahead! They stay booked solid much of the time,
even in the “off season” which it is now.
This new caribe gallery is the latest of my “TRIPS” Photo Galleries
where I am working backwards to document my Costa Rica trips
and neighboring countries’ trips in my bigger CR gallery:
At the time of this posting, I’m back to July 2015
and the trips started in January 2015!
Almost finished! Travel with Kevin is next!
¡Pura Vida!
Water Scenes at Corcovado-Drake Bay
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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)
Sunrise at Drake Bay
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| Sunrise from my cabin at Aguila Inn Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
You generally awake early here with 5 am sunrise, birds singing and today howler monkeys! Three of us guests had a 5:30 am two-hour birding walk down the bay to town of Drake Bay, up in the hills, and back to lodge for 8 am breakfast. A good morning, seeing a lot of birds, though my only camera is the cellphone, which means not as many photos. My camera has been in a bag of rice for two days, and still doesn’t work, so it may not be humidity. Just don’t know.
Relaxing around the lodge the rest of today with maybe a walk through forest. I’m posting this in the morning today, Friday, my last full day here. Tomorrow a relaxed morning here and a 2 pm flight back to San Jose and home by 4!
I highly recommend Aguila de Osa Inn! Relaxing place, fantastic food, great tours and other possible activities.
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
Still the Happiest Place on Earth!
Another study showed Costa Rica to be the happiest place on earth, even for expats! The few negative ones (who are never happy anywhere, just leave. Good!)
Read the article: Expats in Costa Rica happiest in the world, says new poll
See my new photo galleries: Charlie Doggett’s COST RICA on SmugMug
