"Home Sweet Home"

We had a wonderful time with Chris coming to visit us in Costa Rica. Unfortunately, we had to come back to San Jose for another week of work. This week we are working in our local barrio/town of Escazu. The pharmacist is very friendly and helpful with us and the patients. It turned out to be a nice relaxing week.

Soo... Maggie and I are staying at a Bed and Breakfast where people constantly come and go. One guy left behind a jar of NUTELLA which sparked the idea that we should make crepes! Thank goodness Maggie has some sweet cooking skills and knew exactly how to make them..

We added bananas, nutella, dulce de leche, and ice cream to our delicious crepes!
Notice the empty bar of Nutella in the photo above.. hahaha. This is a Dulce de Leche crepe! Maybe if pharmacy doesn't work out, we can open a CREPERIE! yummmm! Well, not too much is going on this week. We are preparing for our travels to the Caribbean Coast this coming weekend and we are super excited! Bye for now!

Manuel Antonio Beach Park

We continued our road trip to Manual Antonio National Park. This is located on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. We spent our time relaxing at the beach and hunting for wildlife. Manuel Antonio is filled with lush rainforest that meets up with some beautiful beaches. We saw frogs, iguanas, lizards, crabs, slugs, a rodent, and a three-toed tree sloth! It was a great time!

White tree frog.. Pretty cool!

Chris and I spending some time at the beach.. quite lovely!
We stayed at a local hostel near the Manuel Antonio Park and this was our view. The hostel is called Vista Serena (Serene Views)... and I think you can see why!

On the patio of our hostel. Amazing!We went out for some Mexican food in the small beach town of Quepos. It was great! This is us at the open air restaurant.

Mags and I at sunset at Manuel Antonio Beach.

The honeymoon before the wedding! We absolutely loved our week vacation here in Costa Rica. Our week was the perfect mix of touring and relaxation. We are so excited to explore more countries together in the future. I love you Christopher!

The beautiful sunset from Manuel Antonio. A taste of heaven!

Pura Vida = Life is Good!

More at Arenal

Our afternoon continued with a tour of the rainforest and volcano area. There are so many different things to see in this part of the country! Chris and I found this local swimming hole a few miles from our hotel. The rivers and waterfalls are absolutely gorgeous!

The afternoon tour consisted of a driving as close as possible to Arenal Volcano, then a hike through the rainforest, swimming in the waterfalls, and ended with a natural hot spring. Here is a glimpse at our afternoon..

This is Chris in front of some birds nests...

This is our little friend a coati which is like a raccoon found in Costa Rica..

Chris and I at the Arenal Exo Lodge which is the closest that we could get to the Arenal Volcano

Here we are in front of an amazing waterfall... This is Maggie and I on one of many hanging bridges that they had all throughout the rainforest. We are also posing after our swim under the waterfall!

Arenal Volcano area.. A Costa Rica Gem!

1st Time on Horseback!!

So even though I have been dating Chris for almost 8 years, I had no idea that he has NEVER been on horseback! This was an awesome sight to see! He did a great job!

We are ready for some horsebackriding!

Caballeros = Cowboys & Cowgirls!

Mags - A true cowgirl!

Debbie loving the horseback ride.

Our Wonderful Horses! Bonito, Paloma, and Colorado! They were soo sweet!

It was a great morning with a zip-line, repel, and horseback ride. This is only the beginning of our adventure! More to come!

Zip Line and Repelling!

We continued our weekend with a day full of adventures! Our morning started with a Zip-Line through the rain forest, followed by a repel down a 70ft wall, and then a horse-back ride! We are in the Northwest region of Costa Rica near Arenal Volcano. This area is also known as Monteverde which means "Cloud Forest"... I think you will soon see why it is called Cloud Forest! This is Chris anxious for the day ahead!!!

Chris, Maggie, and I pre-zip-line. We are ready for 9 different zip-line cables through the rain forest! This is the best way to see Costa Rica!

Love you babe! Check out the zip-liners! This is Maggie...

Debs loving the zip line!

Chris... First time on a zip line!

Chris slowing himself down on the zip-line... Like a pro! Hooking on and off of the zine... so awesome!

For Maggie and I, this is our 2nd Zip-Line here in Costa Rica and we plan to do some more while we are here! It is so much fun!

After the zip line... we walked through the forest and prepared for some repelling down into a river bed. We were guided down a 70 foot bank into the bottom of the rain forest!

Chris was the first to start repelling!

Debbie repelling down to the river.. A ways to go!

Maggie following careful repelling instructions...

After the repel.. we jumped on horseback and traveled back up to the top of the rainforest... I will include the horseback ride in the next post! This was the start of a day we will never forget!

Arenal Volcano

Chris came to visit us for a week here in Costa Rica. We spent a few days in San Jose and then hit the road! We drove up to Arenal Volcano in the Northwest part of Costa Rica. The road was extremely windy and just wide enough for 2 lanes. With oncoming traffic including trucks and busses.. it was a rough trip!

Almost 3 hours behind trucks and busses... Ugh!This is Chris and I out for lunch at a rest stop.
Arenal Volcano (with a cloud cover)

The view from our hotel room! Awesome!

When we arrived in La Fortuna, we were in need of some relaxation. We ventured out to a hot springs park. The water is naturally heated from the volcano and fills the pools from the ground up! This is Chris enjoying the warm hot springs.


The park is decorated with plants and flowers everywhere. They make the place look like a water-park but we are told that the water is all natural!

The Kiddie Pool....

This is Chris and I enjoying our evening at the hot springs.