117. JAIMEE JUMPING

JAIMEE JUMPING

116. TOAD

TOAD AT THE POOL

this guy was at our pool every night. by the third night i would feed him the bugs i scooped out of the pool before taking my nightly skinny-dip.

and also, this might be one of my favorite pictures i have ever taken. so click on it and see it all large and stuff!

115. MONKEY DRINKING

MONKEY DRINKING FLOWER WATER

so i wish i had been a little faster or the hand picture would have been awesome, but it ain't easy taking pics when you are drinking and relaxing all day...anyway, this was the coolest thing. the little (baby?) monkey was drinking the water out of the flower. OUT OF THE FLOWER. they are little people. i will probably say that about a million times.

computer issues

my computer died, so i was away for a bit, but now i am back and will be posting more very soon, as soon as all my stuff has been organized and put where it needs to be!

108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 and 114: FIRE PIT

KEVIN AND BRYAN LIGHT THE FIRE

BRYAN STOKES THE FIRE AS JOHN WATCHES

BRYAN AND HIS BEER

OOH, IT'S LIKE THE RING

ERIC EYES HIS PIT DIGGING HANDYWORK

ERIC AND BRYAN MAKING SURE THE FIRE IS LIT

STILL LIT

107. MORE MONOS

MONO in a TREE

i must say, i thought i posted more monkey pictures. oh well. i will be making up for it with my next batch. cute little buggers.

106. FLORA 3

NOW, WITH ANTS!

105. FLORA 2

PINK GINGER

we were all pretty sure this was ginger, then someone told us it wasn't, but i think things got muddled in translation, because according to google, this is pink ginger. and i am pretty sure this is related to the stuff we eat...if it isn't, in fact, the same stuff.

104. FLORA 1

FLOR ROJA

103. PEREZA de TRES-TOCADA

PEREZA de TRES-TOCADA

as much as i dig monkeys, sloths are my favorite Costa Rican animal. they come down from their trees (of which they usually only hang out in about four or five different ones) once a week to do their bid'ness. 

they poop once a week folks.

i also discovered that since it actually takes them about two weeks to digest food, if they don't eat food with enough nutritional value, they can starve to death, even if their stomachs are completely full. 

fascinating animals. and they look like little old men. this dude was hanging out in front of our casa.

102. MI AMOR GUE BEBE UNA CERVEZA

this is right after we got off the puddle jumper. i wanted a smoke, bryan wanted a soda.

UPDATE: this is quite obviously a beer. much kudos to Eric for catching this...

POOKIE-CITA DRINKING SOME CERVEZA

101. ANOLE

ANOLE on the FENCE

99. and 100. CUERVO Y CUERVO HINCHADO

CUERVO

CUERVO HINCHADO

so every morning we were awoken by this little dude. loudest f-ing bird on the planet. and he would knock on the window/doors for most of the morning, especially when he saw that we were eating yummy breakfast quesadillas.

98. IN LINE FOR THE ZIP LINE

ZOOMING DOWN

so on my birthday we did the zipline. not for my birthday, just on it. i am not going to lie, it was pretty awesome. this was at the top of one of the towers, right before one of the really long zip lines. 

and this is not really the best picture of everyone, although i like the angle. i have NO idea what Verly is doing with her tongue, Jaimee is staring someplace, and John looks a little special (we made fun of him because he had to have his camera strapped to his chin, and with the helmet on, he looked ready for a ride on the shortbus. which is funny cause John usually looks pretty with it.) Also, there is some dude in a red tee shirt who i referred to, in my mind, as the weird German dude. at least, i think he was German.

97. OTRO MONO BORROSA

MONO RÁPIDO

ok, i will take a break from the monkey pics tomorrow when i post some more pics. but after that...more monkeys. they are like squirrels down there. big banana eating squirrels.

96. OTRO MONO

MONO BORROSO

seriously. like a hundred monkey pictures.

95. ANOTHER MONO

MONO EN LA DISTANCIA

So every day at lunch these little guys came to visit us, and then strolled through the yard again later in the day. it was pretty kick ass. although some of them may have been a little scary now and then.

94. Monos

so, YAY, we are back! i am going to play a little catch up (i took a few extra days to rest and get back into the swing of things...not waking up in paradise kind of stinks for the first week!)

MONO 1 (of like a hundred...)

COSTA RICA

i will catch up when i get back! ROCK ON.

93. BROWNIE

BROWNIE

this is one of my many cameras i have. i need to clean it up a bit and see if i can figure out a way to use it, since i don't think they make film for it any more.

costa rica...leave in just over two days!

92. TEXTURE

TEXTURE

TEXTURE 2

another check on the photo contest, texture. this is kind of a double check, since it is one of my paintings...which is another artistic endeavor i need to re-pick up...maybe when we get back from the trip. i feel as i hit my twilight years (34) i am reconnecting with my inner artist-dude.

and no, i am not serious about these being my twilight years. 

91. POOKIE, FALLS, AGAIN

POOKIE AT THE FALLS, pt 2

ARANAL, AGAIN

if you couldn't tell, i am getting really excited to go to Costa Rica...5 more days!

90. BLURRY POISON FROG

BLUE JEAN FROG

i was a little nervous to get any closer...they totally kill you with their poisonous skin!

(EDIT: yup, totally spelled poison wrong...)

89. FER-DE-LANCE!

LITTLE DEADLY SNAKE

i KNEW i had a picture of one. at least, i think it is a fer-de-lance. i was trying to listen in on the tour ahead of us...i hate paying for tours.

88. SNAKE IN THE GRASS (or tree)

one of costa rica's cuddlier creatures...

CAN YOU SEE IT?

i was hoping to see a fer-de-lance (from far away, kind of sorta) but this little guy was pretty cool too...