Costa Rica

Me enjoying Costa Rica

I have visited Costa Rica three times. The first time was with a friend and it was purely for pleasure– two weeks touring the country by bus, bicycle, bush plane and on foot. We started out in Cahuita, which is on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica where we surf-fished, ate red beans and rice, danced to Reggae music and rode bicycles for 13 miles on a dirt road full of potholes in search of a cold beer. We finally found some at the end of the road at a surfing hotel owned by a former neighbor of a close friend of mine from Santa Cruz (talk about a small world). We toured a small sugar cane plant and bought handmade wooden bowls from a woodworker. We took the long bus ride to the top of Monte Verde and hiked through the cloud forest and walked through a butterfly garden. Later that week we claimed our spot at an outside dining table on the beach at Manuel Antonio State Park where we spent the whole day eating, body-surfing and reading mystery novels.

Typical breakfast

Another day at the beach

My second trip was strictly for business. I was hired to produce an infomercial for an investor from California who was building a high-end resort in the beachfront community of Monterey. I flew to San Jose with my camera assistant and a truckload of video equipment. My cameraman flew in the next day from Fiji where he was videotaping an underwater series. We spent ten full days shooting the hotel, restaurant, riding stables, deep-sea fishing, hang-gliding and canopy tours (my favorite) and various scenics such as La Paz Waterfall, Poas Volcano, Manuel Antonio State Park, etc. My cameraman was up before sunrise to get some beautiful shots and I was up until midnight every night working on the script and shot list for the next day’s shoot.

Poas Volcano

Hermosa Beach

Route for the working trip


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Monterey Stables

Parasailing

The third visit was a combination of business and pleasure. I met with my client for the first two days, then my friend and I rented a car and drove all around the country with a rudimentary map, no itinerary and no idea of road conditions until it was too late. Many of the places I had seen before, but we also saw some new parts of Costa Rica including the area around Arenal Volcano. We took an exciting canopy tour that had longer spans and so was much faster than the first one I went on. We watched the windsurfers at Lake Arenal and met one who was from Hood River, Oregon. We stayed at some amazing places and ate some incredible food. We visited a crocodile farm, walked through a butterfly sanctuary, and got stuck in the middle of a cattle drive. We shopped for gifts to take back home and then drove for hours at night on a road with potholes the size of a small car. In the darkness a herd of white horses appeared out of nowhere and we had to swerve to avoid hitting them. We sat in natural hot springs, hiked up to some waterfalls and sunbathed on a sandy beach.

La Paz River

Monterey at sunset

Monterey dinner