J&GMcLean: Pretty Costa Rican money!
J&GMcLean: Do I even care what's in the box?
J&GMcLean: Off to Long Beach...(flight #1) first leg of our big adventure! (I do love to fly :-)...and Santa Clara Valley is looking nice and green right now, don't you think?)
J&GMcLean: Hello Long Beach! What a great approach into Orange County!
J&GMcLean: Our rental car is a Mini Cooper!
J&GMcLean: Back again!
J&GMcLean: Sunset at Long Beach Harbor
J&GMcLean: Happy anniversary! Sir Winstons aboard the Queen Mary.
J&GMcLean: Happy anniversary! Sir Winstons aboard the Queen Mary.
J&GMcLean: Happy anniversary! Sir Winstons on the Queen Mary
J&GMcLean: Good morning from Santa Monica!
J&GMcLean: Good evening Santa Monica!
J&GMcLean: Johnny at Muscle Beach
J&GMcLean: At the Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica. We met a really nice Scottish couple...they just celebrated their 20th anniversary. They also got married on the Queen Mary.
J&GMcLean: Flight #2...LA to San Jose Costa Rica. Business Class = slightly bigger seats, that's about it.
J&GMcLean: Bye LA/USA! See you next Friday!
J&GMcLean: Good Morning Costa Rica!
J&GMcLean: Flight #3: A wee plane to Tamarindo! We landed in a cow pasture.
J&GMcLean: Flight #3: A wee plane to Tamarindo! We landed in a cow pasture.
J&GMcLean: I don't think our pilots were old enough to drive. It was a bumpy ride....but we made it. (Just kidding...they did great...though the flight was super bumpy! They said that's common in dry season.)
J&GMcLean: Beautiful view of Guanacaste (from our seat on the plane)
J&GMcLean: Our Costa Rica apartment ...libelula., the dragonfly.
J&GMcLean: Signs on the road to our apartment.
J&GMcLean: Our first monkey!
J&GMcLean: Johnny's off to go fishing on a boat called the Rhino Charter.
J&GMcLean: Cool Palm trees!
J&GMcLean: Wee atrium in libelula...open to trees above. I'm outside having some orange juice and visited by monkeys and birds!
J&GMcLean: Best ceviche...ever! El Pescador on the beach.
J&GMcLean: Tamarindo Beach from Corona Del Mar
J&GMcLean: My eating companion at the buccaneers...this was the baby...about 18 inches in length! (The momma was more shy...about a metre!)