I arrived early yesterday before my room was ready and so I decided to walk to the Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo from the hotel by way of the beach and back. My odometer showed it to be nearly 6 miles round trip, counting a walk around town. The next post will be about the interesting town. But here’s a few shots from the beach walk:
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I walked from those blue hills around the bay to this town beach. Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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The bend in the bay before getting to the town. Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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I get to cross this stream coming into the bay and see the one-lane bridge on the road running parallel with beach. Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Approaching town there are runners & this abandoned barge. Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Near every hotel is this standard sign warning of undertow. Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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A faster way to get to town? 🙂 Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Great Kiskadee One of six species of birds seen along the beach walk. Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Semipalmated Plover For birders, yes, similar to Wilson’s Plover except this one has orange legs & orange on base of bill (click to enlarge) Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Non-breeding Western Sandpiper Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Breeding Western Sandpiper Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Whimbrel Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Brown Pelican Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
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Great-tailed Grackle male Puerto Viejo, Caribe, Costa Rica |
I was high-energy yesterday and did more than I should probably, but doing very little today to make up for it! Thus I have a lot of photos still from yesterday to share and may do another post tonight. Every new place is an adventure and full of photo-ops!
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