Costa Rica 2012

After 2 years of not traveling with my backpack it was time to get back on a plane and find a new place to explore. This time I headed to Central America to meet up with my friend Damien who I met while traveling in Jordan. He was coming all the way from Belgium so we had to make the most of the 2 weeks we had in Costa Rica.

We started the trip out not so great, my bag got left in Denver and wouldn't arrive until the following morning, our SUV wasn't ready for us either and would only be available the the next day.. After a few battles with the car company and the airline we finally got on the road and headed to Arenal, a volcano town. Had a fantastic time there for a couple of nights and headed to the Cloud Forest, Monteverde for one night, we wanted to do some ziplining there as we heard it was amazing, and it did not disappoint. We spent some time on the peninsula and did some swimming in the ocean, had an encounter with some very mean monkeys and met a bunch of Canadians along the way. From Playa Tamarindo we drove straight across the country to Puerto Viejo for a couple nights to enjoy the Caribbean coast and take in some snorkeling and scenery. We ended our 2 week trip in Manuel Antonio where we had the most spectacular view of the sunset every night from our hostel.

We saw lots of wildlife, met a lot of nice people and had one fantastic time. Here's a few photos I took, needless to say I took more than what I'm posting, but these are a few of my favorites.