Pura Vida Costa Rica!!

To say we had a great time in Costa Rica would be an understatement!! It was an awesome country with so much to offer and we had the best time! I would say this vacation was definitely one of my most favorites ever!  We had an action packed trip while we were there!  We went to celebrate our 10 year anniversary with our "international" partners in crime...The Jagels! Last year we all cruised to Bahamas together, so this year we decided to go to Costa Rica.  Here is how the trip went:

We flew down there on a Wednesday and stayed our 1st night in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. The next am we got up to go White Water Rafting in the Pacuare River.  It was about a 2 hour drive from San Jose....everything in Costa Rica is a "short drive" but usually takes about 2-4 hours to get there....but the view is great so you really don't mind!  We white water rafted down the Pacuare River where we experienced level 1-6 rapids....YIKES, but it was a BLAST and we found out about this awesome resort called the Pacare Lodge, that is a MUST STAY next time we come back!! After that we went to La Furtuna and stayed the night there in private bungalows at the foot of the Arenal Volcano!  Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! The next day, we went zip lining in the rain forest and there we saw it ALL! It was truly breathtaking!!! After zip lining, we left and went to Tamarindo where we stayed on the beach at the Tamarindo Diria.  It was beautiful!!  There, we surfed, had massages on the beach, went deep sea fishing, sailed on a sunset set cruise and went snorkeling!  It was amazing!!!  The people of Costa Rica were wonderful and couldn't be more happy to have us "Greengo's" visiting their country!  The food there was delicious and I loved it!  Terry and I want to go back ASAP!!!  While we were there we also renewed our vows for our 10 year wedding anniversary, but thats another post with over 50 pictures...coming next!!  I dont think there was a single thing I would change about our vacation, expect maybe to stay a little longer, but there's always next time!!

 Out private bungalows in La Furtuna!

 Our room on our anniversary night!

 The swim up bar and pool!

 Beautiful!

 Our "hotel!" Awesome, I highly recommend it!

 White Water Rafting Adventure!

 After every rapid we gave "high-fives!"

 Before the zip line...I was so nervous!!

 Me about to go down "big momma!"

 Terry coming back from "bid daddy!"

 Tamarindo Diria Beach Resort....LOVED IT....

 That was the view from outside my room, at night, thats the beach!!

 Our room :)

 Our Pool!

 My Mahi-Mahi I caught while fishing.....that dang fish was soooo strong....we had our hotel cook him up that night and we ate it for dinner....he was delicious....yummy!!

 Tiffany reeling in her fish!

 Brant with his Mahi-Mahi!

 The sunset....beautiful!

I wish I would have taken my camera on a few more adventures, but I was afraid it was going to get wet :(  Everything was absolutely beautiful and we LOVED Costa Rica!!