Index

Costa Rica - on the way down from Monteverde, overlooking the village of San Luis.
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Costa Rica - on the way down from Monteverde, overlooking San Luis.
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Costa Rica - on the way down from Monteverde.
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Costa Rica - on the way down from Monteverde, great views.
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Costa Rica - on the way down from Monteverde, a bumpy dirt road.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - easily the fanciest place that we stayed. Very much a mediterranean flavor.
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Costa Rica - Villa Caletas - the buildings were interconnected with walkways surrounded by lush greenery.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - the main breakfast and lunch spot overlooks a huge bay on the Pacific Ocean.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - this amphitheatre at the edge of a cliff, looking far downhill to their beach and across the huge bay to a penisula and the Pacific beyond.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - the pool, with infinity edge, overlooking the bay.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - looking downhill, far downhill, to their beach (close to the white breakers).
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - Pam settles in for a pleasant lunch after we had a cool swim.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - a huge lizard basks in the sun, near our lunch table.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - a sign, not so far from the lizard we watched during lunch.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - a tiny green frog in the bushes on the grounds.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - their beach was very rocky, and in fact it was mostly eroding... note the seawall built along most of the length.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - looking back up at the hotel from the beach.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - looking down the coast from their beach. We explored the rocky point in the foreground.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - a tidepool carved into the rock.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - same tidepool, taken with flash, and we see past the surface reflection and can spot a tiny crab swimming in there.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - the rocky headland next to their beach.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - a beautifully calm pool, with infinity edge, reflects the late afternoon clouds over the bay.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - a view from our hotel room.
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Costa Rica -Villa Caletas - sunset over the bay.
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