Saturday, January 24, 2009

Manuel Antonio CR vacation

We headed to Manuel Antonio with my parents for a week long vacation after the New Year. Below we're having dinner at Cayuga Inn, a local typical restaurant outside Quepos. We had a great time, we zipped, we lounged, we rafted, we hiked, we swam, we played cards and we watched many local wildlife in the jungle and most of all recharged our batteries!
we took the Canopy TiTi tour and enjoyed our first time ziplining, what a rush!


Tatum and her guide

"this is awesome!"

McKenna in motion

ready to take off

Lisa ziplining, what an awesome experience!!

Papa Bob zipping!


Brad ziplining

Today's Gabi's 1st birthday (Jan 25th), photo below is not her but surely she and the monkey share some behavioral traits! Before everyone rises I'm using quiet time to capture one of our recent vacations to the National Manuel Antonio Park earlier in the month. We had a fantastic time and really enjoyed seeing more of the beauty CR offers, we're so fortunate to be living here!

exploring white-faced monkeys on our boat tour


Tatum's not too sure about how close the monkeys are getting
"ok, maybe it's pretty cool, they are pretty cute"

McKenna wasn't expecting a monkey for a hat

far better to feed them by hand then wear them as a hat!

three more monkeys looking for relatives on the monkey tour


Lisa and her Mom on the monkey tour boat ride

Poncho the resident main honcho iguana at our resort getting his sunning in for the day
an iguana at our hotel, they ran comfortably with the guests

a picture perfect beach at Damas Island...kind of felt like we were on our own private beach
taking a stroll to Damas Island, you can see the ocean in the middle of the photo-Nana Leen, Gabi and Taty walking through a grove of palm trees to get there

Tatum lost a tooth while playing in the ocean, amazingly she came away with the tooth and looked forward to seeing if the toothfairy visits CR

Gabi loved sitting at the beachline where the waves reached and playing in the sand, tasting her fair share :)


Gabi is still very flexible....and the envy of the yoga fans worldwide

we enjoyed playing cards on our balcony overlooking the beautiful hotel gardens
McKenna and Lisa sporting our matching beach wraps. In the background hanging across are some of the paintings that we watched an artist make. We ended up bringing a couple home as souvenirs-doing our share to help the local economy.

we enjoyed watching a troop of white faced monkeys monkey around

Tatum gets clued into the monkey eyeing her drink

here's Tatum enjoying her drink not realizing the monkey above her was coveting it


Nana Leen takes a turn with Gabi in the backpack......yipee!
McKenna and Tatum take a run into the ocean to cool off

group photo while on the hike -everyone's in good spirits considering we rose at 6:30am and have hiked 3 hours, not bad for the vacationing crew!

Nana Leen and Papa Bob during our Manuel Antonio park hike

the girls swim with Nana Leen at the resort pool

Gabi sporting her new coverup

many arts and craft vendors which made it fun to shop!
getting our feet wet in the ocean, the water was very warm

Manuel Antonio beach- a beautiful contrast of rain forest leading up to a pristene beach

We took my parents to one of our favorite local restaurants, Casa Azul.

Foulger clan at restaurant Casa Azul -Blue house

































1 comment:

Jeff and Kim Foulger said...

This trip looks way to fun and I have no idea where Manuel Antonio is but it looks awesome!! This life is suiting you all very well. How fun to have your parents join you! Your Christmas pictures were so fun to see also. Hola!!!