Sunday, January 1, 2012

The Road to Rio Tarcoles

We left Monteverde and headed for toward the Pacific.  There were some steep overhangs with the bus, but not as rough as getting there.  Nice views...

More of the simple mountain-country life...


We had one stop along the way, a non-descript gas station.  I didn't even buy postcards, though I got a shot of expresso to add into the Imperial mug some folks got to help me through these deadly 90-minute coffee deserts.  Here, by the way, is our group bus...

We passed Puntarenas--Erick talked about the "entrance," as if these were a small peninsula, though it seems to also be a province (?).  A quick glimpse of the jail in passing (none of us has yet needed to visit)...

and then reached our destination, on the steamy, lowland estuary of the Rio Tarcoles.  A big adventure ahead, a whole separate post.  Meanwhile, here's a bit of the gift shop--the carvings that are omnipresent in Costa Rica.  I still haven't asked Erick whether we do good (economy) or harm (ecology) buying these gaudy hardwood handicrafts.




(And I still haven't seen a sloth this trip.  That may have to come on another visit.)

later, bob
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