Laid back paradise

Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 16:59 | Category : children, travel
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Again I’m on a porch to catch the feeble signal from a router in an office. Last time I was freezing off a certain body part, this time I’m wiping the sweat off my brow. We’ve left the lovely Capitan Suizo and moved less than a 100 km. south. Mind you, the journey took five [...]

The Quetzal and Costa Rican hospitality

Friday, 25 January 2008, 21:11 | Category : travel
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We had heard and read about the rare resplendent Quetzal before we took our tour of the cloud forest. And as they estimate that only 50 pairs are breeding in Monte Verde’s cloud forest, we hadn’t imagined seing more than a fleeting glimpse of this incredibly beautiful bird. But again we were so lucky – [...]