Luggage Rescued – off to Rio Blanco
rather than risk a botched delivery of my pack, i arrived at the airport on monday hoping that my pack arrived on the same flight i did, only a day later. success! the relief of having all my belongings was immense and i splurged for the $20 taxi ride to the san jose carib bus terminal for a bus ride over the cordillera de talamanca mountain range and into costa rica’s caribbean basin. it’s a stunning drive.
my destination was Casa Rio Blanco, a property owned by the lovely annette and herbie, several kilometers outside of guapiles. a quick cab ride from the bus station delivered me to the gate of the property: 5 acres of jungle along-side the rio blanco river. their 5 cabins are on the edge of a cliff that rises above the rio blanco river so the view from the cabin porch is of the jungle canopy, though one can hear the river rushing below.
the trail on their property leads down a creek to the river and meanders along it until the swimming hole is reached. it’s really beautiful and refreshing. i’ll post a video. there is also a longer trail across from their property that leads thru some great, more open birding spots – all perfectly safe for a sola hiker like myself. there were frequent downpours but this was not a problem since I had rubber boots provided by the casa. One night it rained all night and I thought I had just better get used to this while on the carib side this time of year, but I was soon to find out this wasn’t the case at all!
every morning there was an included, hearty breakfast and thru prior arrangements annette cooked yummy dinners for extra. i highly recommend a visit here – a great location a little off the gringo trail and convenient for me since from here i go back to guapiles to catch a bus/bus/boat to tortuguero national park. all-in-all a great start to my adventure!
Tags: central america, costa rica, Travel
Peggy Rehm