Dec 302008
 

Today was Marcos’ birthday. He’s our bus driver, and according to our guide Paul, “The second best driver in Costa Rica. The first best is in jail.” Many times Marcos proved his skill at maneuvering the huge Mercedes bus.

Marcos!

Happy Birthday, Marcos!

I wish I wrote down the name of the place we stopped for lunch, the food was great plus they had a nice butterfly garden out back. It’s near the town of Guapiles, and it’s exactly here: N 10.20316667, W 83.77471000.

Butterfly

Butterfly

Morphos Wing

Morphos wing detail

Hot Lips

The plant is called “Labios de Puta”, or in more polite English: “Hot Lips.” It makes more sense before the blue berries appear.

Passion Flower

Passion Flower

Jan 052009
 

Our last full day in Costa Rica, and the main agenda item is to get back to San Jose to fly out tomorrow. We had three stops along the way – the first was in a town whose name I missed, where we walked around the plaza, visited the church, and most importantly had ice cream. Kevin and I have agreed that a proper diet should include ice cream three hours after breakfast every day if possible.

View From The Front Seat

Our turn in the front seat today. Much more thrilling than I thought – this bus is gigantic.

Our lunch stop was in the town of Sarchi, which is famous for their painted oxcarts and painted everything else. We watched some of the local artists painting souvenirs.

Painter in Sarchi

Painter in Sarchi

Paint

Cans of paint.

Paint

Paint pots.

Palette

Palette detail.

Artist's Drawers

Artist’s drawers.

Group Shots

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Jan 052009
 

While in Sarchi we took a picture of the tour group.

Group Photo

And a shot of Paul (right), Marcos (left) and a friend of theirs in Sarchi.

Marcos, Paul and a Friend