Here’s… How It Goes. All It Takes Is Some Trying

We are going on a trip.  You me, and a couple of prop planes across a foreign country. With a bit of surf, gorgeous mountains, waterfalls and the most awesome naturally heated river [ I double-dog dare you to try and climb up it.. oh yeah, I went straight to the double-dog ] you will ever experience.

We will trip-hop into Houston, and then into Mexico City.  There we will quietly but briskly move to our next plane… Just hand over your passport and try not to agitate the guard… we can’t afford to stop.

Then up into the air.  On toward our landing in to San Jose, Costa Rica.

Quietly stunning

We will get in late, but the hotel will be waiting for us with daiquiri’s and the rooms will be more than pleasant. Were only staying here one night.  And then we wake up and bus it over to La Fortuna.  Now this bus ride will get fun as we will go over rickety bridges and down through riverbeds as some of the roads have not been repaired. [ Uh, and maybe over a few bridges with crocodiles under them... but we can keep driving ] Once in La Fortuna we will hike down to the water falls.

Then we will climb up on the rocks and swim a very warm river.  It’s not cold, and you don’t even feel a chill when you climb out.  I notice you looking overhead at the people who are zip-lining over the waterfall.  They are little ants in the sky.  [ Oh yes, we can do that too ]. The rain is soft and we sit underneath the tree watching others dive in and swim around.  We go to our 5 star Kioro hotel.  We stand outside looking up at the volcano right from our room.  The showers are wall-to-wall ceramic tile and the beds are the softest you will ever feel.  It’s peaceful. and the landscape is so green and beautiful.  With a mountain slope that ascends into clouds.

From there we spend the evening at Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort.  Where all the water is heated by the volcano that sits right above it.  The water is hot and penetrating.  All aches or pains disappear and you wonder what all the fuss was about.

From La Fortuna, we drive to a corn field… [ Yeah! that's right.  We are flying out of corn field ]. Costa Rica’s finest (And monopolistic) airline will be our method of transportation and we will sit in a what feels likes a bus.  Seats with seatbelts included! [ Because they are all about the safety ]

The plane ride is 45 minutes, and we will cross the whole country during that time.  You get to see the clouds move around the volcanoes and trucks that feel a little too close. [ We aren't that high up ]

Yeah... I saved a life on those rocks...

But instead of landing in another corn field, we have a landing strip.  The pilots are pretty good, and we have a comfortable landing.

From here, we take another bus over to the ocean resort.  Where we spend 5 nights dining in the local restaurant listening to the most amazing guitarist play a 12 string, while his wife sips on a glass of wine across from him.  She is in love, you can tell.  We are watching the sun set over another beautiful day.

Each day is accompanied by excursions where we see wildlife.  We play in the ocean, or go sunbathing.  And we go out on schooner that takes us out to snorkel.  We are in the water and we see a stingray just feet below us zip on by.

We panic. [ Oh freak yeah! ]

And head back to the boat.  Where we watch the sunset over the water and they serve all-you-can eat fish.  With the sails up we hear the flapping of the wind as we look at the mountain sides of where our hotel is.

And when it is over, we will have a SD card’s full of photos and what would of been an amazing trip. In a country that is just undeniably awesome.

I will go back.