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Sámara Is Not My Place
Our final stretch in Costa Rica was supposed to be all about kicking back at the beach in a tiny town called Sámara on the Nicoya Peninsula’s Pacific…
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Birds and Human Watching at Curi-Cancha
Today I watched birds, and I watched people watching birds at one of the most renowned birding destinations on the planet: the Curi-Cancha Reserve at…
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Cloud Forest Magic in Monteverde
This place is true magic.
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Lots of Snakes and Words in La Fortuna
Last night I did something the average human would probably consider a terrible way of spending an evening.
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July 2025

La Fortuna Loops and Vipers
When I was originally looking into Costa Rica as a destination for us to visit, I watched some Youtube videos and started to get this weird feeling…
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Land of Pura Vida
As I was saying in my last post, I love Costa Rica — which I wrote before even landing when I looked out of the window of our plane and decided I could…
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In (Another) Chair in the Sky
And here we are again, in a chair in the sky above a planet where a whole bunch of people and other animals live and do all kinds of strange things…
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