Posted by Ted Hopton on February 28, 2008
Andrew is clearly the speed-leader when it comes to posting multimedia content from our trip to Costa Rica. Check out the video he has already put together. Keep in mind, too, that he shot all of it with his digital camera, not a camcorder.
Nicely done, ‘bro! Good soundtrack choice, too, as always!
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Posted by Ted Hopton on February 28, 2008
Ah, we’re on a roll now! Here’s the link to another Costa Rica travelling companion’s pictures, taken by Get Out Philadelphia Adventurers‘ esteemed and exalted founder and Grand Poobah, Amy 
I haven’t even had time to look at them yet, but will do so soon. Enjoy!
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Posted by Ted Hopton on February 28, 2008
One of my travelling companions to Costa Rica, Andrew, has posted his photos from the trip and I want to link to them here. He’s got a great eye and many of his pictures do a better job than mine of capturing the beauty of Costa Rica.Plus, he’s got a few photos of Beto (to the right), our surfing instructor extraordinaire! Andrew also arrived a day early in Costa Rica and went to a volcano with Maureen (also on our trip) and a new friend he met at the Hotel Aranjuez, so you can see those volcano pics in his gallery, too.
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Posted by Ted Hopton on February 28, 2008
I’m sure I’ll do more with my hundreds of photos from my trip (and there were entire days when I did not take any, so there could have been far more). But just to get started, I’ll post the links to them here. I’ve divided them into several albums and some are small and some are not — I’m hoping to eventually supplement them with photos my friends took on the trip.
Click on the photo to the left to see just a few photos taken at Casa Viva, the lovely place owned by the truly gracious and friendly Jeanie Waller, where I stayed in Punta Uva, just down the road from Puerto Viejo. That’s me “chillaxing” in the hammock. I want more photos of the grounds, which were stunning, and of the beach that was just a few yards away. I have a good bit of video, but have not edited it, yet. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Ted Hopton on February 28, 2008
Here’s an interesting puzzle: in the rain forest preserve where I spent four days, La Danta Salvaje, in Costa Rica, there are no mosquitos at night. During the day, the little blood-suckers would come around at times, like when you’re relaxing in the hammock on the porch enjoying the gorgeous view and the birds flitting around from tree to tree, so they certainly are present in the rain forest and they know how to bite.
But we slept with the windows open at night in the lodge without any mosquito netting. No problem. I don’t know why it’s essentially the reverse situation there of what we have here in the US, where night-time is the preferred mosquito feeding time. Maybe I’ll research it later, or maybe someone out there knows the reason why and can explain it.
Honestly, I was expecting far more bugs, but overall it was not significantly different than Read the rest of this entry »
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