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Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica (on the Caribbean side)


Jeff in St Pete

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Last week one of my good friends from Tampa came for a visit.  I picked him up in San Jose and we spent one night there and then got up the next morning and drove 4 hours over to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica to a small town called Puerto Viejo.  This is one of the southernmost towns in Costa Rica and is not far from the Panamanian border.

We arrived at our hotel (Banana Azul) and settled in.  Here is a picture of our deck just outside of our room.

Notice the palm tree cut-outs in the wood trim :)  

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The view of the beach from our deck

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Flowering tree shading the entranceway to the hotel

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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Dirt road that runs along the beach, the entrance to the hotel is off this road.

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View of Puerto Viejo.  Our hotel was just north of town on Playa Negra.

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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They had one of the most beautiful Ravenala's

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Note people walking by (for scale)

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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After relaxing on the beach for a day, we got up the next morning and went to Finca La Isla Botanical Garden located nearby.

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Me standing next to the stilt roots

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looking straight up

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This tree had these funny looking "strings" hanging down.  I didn't see a name anywhere.

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GADZOOKS!!!

That Ravenala is E N O R M O U S ! ! ! !

:o

DAVE

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One last shot of an A alatum frond.  These palms were beautiful and the pictures don't do them justice.  

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Gorgeous pics...love that stilt palm! that traveler's size is amazing!! If mine ever gets that big, I am in trouble :o

Oh & you look great BTW  :D

Bren in South St. Pete Florida

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This next palm stopped me in my tracks!  I thought at first, Metroxylon?  But it was labeled as Pigafetta filaris.  I didn't see any spines though, is it a Piggy?  This palm was huge and the guy told me it was planted two years ago from a one gallon pot.  I knew Piggy's were fast, but is that possible?  

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My friend Julio next to it for scale.

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and looking up into the crown

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OUCH!

Just swooned into some re-bar . . . .

That "Pig" is AWESOME . . . . .

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This interesting plant was all over the place and came in different sizes and leaf patterns

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After the Botanical Garden, we went into town for some cold ones and a little lunch.  I had some very good jerk chicken at this place.

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Puerto Viejo waterfront.  PV reminded me of what parts of Jamaica looked like 20 years ago.  

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We spent an afternoon at a waterfront bar.  This was our view, we stayed way too long and drank way too much... :)

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And a couple shots of the beach on our last day.  These were taken at Playa Negra near our hotel.

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(junglegalfla @ Feb. 11 2008,10:18)

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Gorgeous pics...love that stilt palm! that traveler's size is amazing!! If mine ever gets that big, I am in trouble :o

Oh & you look great BTW  :D

!!!  I didn't see the little tiny people next to the Ravenala until I looked back to see what all the fuss was about.  That thing is a monster!

Puerto Viejo looks very appealing.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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One last picture.  On our drive back to San Jose, the highway goes over the mountains and through the Braulio Carrillo National Park.  I stopped along the road and took a picture looking back down into the valley.  I'm looking forward to seeing more of this park during the Biennial!

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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(junglegalfla @ Feb. 11 2008,13:18)

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Gorgeous pics...love that stilt palm! that traveler's size is amazing!! If mine ever gets that big, I am in trouble :o

Oh & you look great BTW  :D

Thanks Bren!  I must have taken 20 pictures of that Travelers.  It was beautiful.

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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