Tortuguero

Tortuguero is really a small strip of houses.  One one end of the street you have the park, to the east you have the ocean, and to the west you have a river.  

Here is the strip of land called Tortuguero.  The runway (and I use that term loosely) is on that strip.

 This is the Caribbean side of Tortuguero.

We took a canoe trip one morning with our guide, Ross.  He was an amazing guide.  He's a Canadian botonist who has decided to make Tortuguero home.  He knew a lot about the plants and wildlife, which made the trip even more interesting.  He had an opinion on everything.  If you ever find yourself in Tortuguero, Casa Marbella was a great place to stay.  They are the ones that arranged our trip with Ross.  

This is an anhinga.  He was drying off his wings.  

Costa Rica! First Stop- San Jose

So, I know we've been back from our honeymoon for about 3 months now.  I am just now getting around to getting the pictures up!

We only had 1 day to spend in San Jose so we headed over to the Market Centrale.  It was a maze of stalls and little food stands.    

Arroz Con Pollo with 2 fruit drinks.  One was blackberry (moras) and the other was something delicious (meaning I forgot the name).

We only had time to hit the National Theater and the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum.   The gold museum was very interesting.  I would have loved to have visited the Jade Museum but it closed early.

The next morning we boarded our flight and headed up to Tortuguero, a small village on the edge of a national park in the Northeastern part of Costa Rica.  It is only accessible by plane or boat.  There are no roads going in.