Costa Rica

When in Costa Rica, do as the tourists do. The Costa Ricans eat beans, rice, and work all day. The tourists, at least these tourists, lead a much more glamorous life. They fly first class, zip line through the jungle, ride horses to mud baths and thermal pools, learn the mating call of the holwer monkey and the Costa Rican men, shower outside, snorkel, zip line upside down, wear sexy diapers to go on gigantic cement water slides...

Zip lining through the jungle.

  We stumbled upon some monkeys, just hanging out in the trees next to the zip line. We got pretty close for some great pics.  :)

Auditioning for Lord of the Rings... ;)

The tourists ride Sea Doos, stumble upon these monkeys hanging out in trees...

ride ATVs through the jungle and high five little kids who run out to great them, feed birds on the patio, see Toucans up close instead of just on a cereal box, have monkeys sit on their shoulders without ripping off their eyelids (thankfully!), lay by the pool, get sun, sunburn, eat fancy dinners at luxurious restaurants, and sit in the spa every night. And that's all in just one week! One tourist in this particular group, me, was also stung by a scorpion, but that's an entirely different story.