Geodog: Packing for our Costa Rica Trip
Geodog: Wakeup at 4 AM, get to airport at 6 AM, fly 6 hours to Miami, wait 3 hours in Miami. Result: Near Death Experience.
Geodog: Our beautifully painted (and hopefully well maintained) Nature Air DeHavilland Twin Otter 20 year old 20 passenger airplane.
Geodog: The view right after takeoff.
Geodog: View of the Meseta Central in Costa Rica, where 2/3 of the population live.
Geodog: The happy traveler much happier in this plane.
Geodog: First sight of the Pacific Ocean
Geodog: The Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
Geodog: It's the rainy season, and the rivers are dumping silt into the ocean.
Geodog: View of the mouth of the Sierpe River. It is 40 minutes up the river by fast launch to "civilization"
Geodog: Approaching Drake Bay International Airport
Geodog: Safely landed at Drake Bay International Airport
Geodog: Drake Bay International Airport Terminal, with Land Rover taxi waiting to take us to our boat taxi.