My little brother Joel is currently at boot camp in Fort Knox, Ky, and I've been missing him a lot lately, so I've decided to do a posting in his honor.
The summer after my senior year of college I really wanted to take a trip to Costa Rica, but really didn't want to go alone, so I worked out a deal with my parents that as a graduation gift to me they would pay for my little brother's flight so he could go with me. :)
We spent two weeks in Costa Rica and did far too much to tell all, so here's a quick glimpse of our trip and a testament to how awesome my little bro is.
We saw volcanos...
...climbed dormant volcanos with practically non existent trails...
...befriended some strays...
...were stalled by a herd of cows...
...took a bird watching tour...
(As the only Spanish speaker in the group I got to ride on the moto with our guide.)
(The others rode in the land cruiser.)
...saw many birds, including the Quetzal...
...napped in hammocks...
...and took in some beautiful sunsets.
Joel was a great travel buddy. He was enthusiastic about everything I planned and happily filled the role of being my body guard as well.
Que mono tan mono!
This was the most active Sloth we saw.
Everywhere we turned was someone with a machete!
:)
Everything we did was amazing but I think we would both agree that the ATV tour was the most memorable.
We followed our guide to a river, parked our ATVs, walked through the ankle deep water, and embarked on the trail leading to a lovely waterfall.
While we were hiking it started POURING and we watched this waterfall double in size in a matter of minutes. Long hilarious story short, we ended up having to ford the river to get back to our ATVs!
This trip tops the charts as one of my favorites and I am so glad that Joelie was able to go with me. I miss that kid.
i love this.
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