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Costa Rica - after arriving well after dark, we woke the next morning in our beautiful hotel with the windows open and fruit trees in the courtyard. It always amazed me that, here in the tropics, most of our hotel rooms had no air conditioning and no screens, and did not need them, even in June!

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - we took a small plane, perhaps a dozen passenger seats, from San Jose to the tiny airport at Palomar Sur.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - a view back into the valley and San Jose.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - we circled north around this mountain range and then down the Pacific coast.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - beautiful views of the mountains.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - the coastal mountains had a scattering of cloud cover.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - we flew down the Pacific coastal plain, with its tantalizing beaches, meandering rivers, and farmlands.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - note the varying colors in the ocean beyond the delta of this muddy river.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - a rough coastline.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - a neat peninsula.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - a ponderous river parallels the sea.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - on our descent, we pass plantations... palm trees I believe.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - palm-tree plantations near the airport.

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Costa Rica - flight to Palomar - our little plane.

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Costa Rica - Palomar Sur airport.

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Costa Rica -our plane, at Palomar Sur airport.

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Costa Rica - Palomar Sur airport. This is the entire terminal, office, baggage handling, and gate.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - after arriving from the airport we stopped at Casa Corcovado's small "hacienda" for a break while we waited for the boat pilot.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - Pam waits at the edge of the river, for the boat pilot to arrive.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - a map of the area, on which I drew the path we drove from the airport to the river.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - a map of the area, on which I drew the route we were to take in the boat: down the river to the sea, and then along the coast to Corcovado national park and Casa Corcovado hotel.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - the trip downriver was smooth and scenic.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - the trip downriver wound along the meandering path of the broad, smooth river.

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Costa Rica - Rio Sierpe - we saw some wildlife along the river, like this alligator.