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I recommend Costa Rica for a nice quiet relaxing holiday. My wife and I returned completely refreshed, which makes a change from our Japanese trips when we usualy return completely shattered. |
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Unfortunately Cost Rica is not a courier destination. This did not stop us getting a bargain flight. Using the AirMiles that we have spent several years collecting, the fares cost nothing. The flight stops in Puerto Rica to refuel. On this occasion someone decided the aircraft was no longer airworthy and after a 24 hour delay we finished the journey in a 737. |
| Before we left I arranged via e-mail for Vernon Bell of Bell Homestays www.ilisa.com/bells/ to fix up an itinerary for one week. Vernon met us on arrival at San Jose, capital city of Costa Rica and we stayed the first night at his home. At his suggestion we left the next day to spend 2 nights at the Samay Lagoon Lodge www.samay.com. The journey to Samay consists of 2 hours in a mini bus through very diverse country side. Then 4 hours by river on a high speed motor boat through beautiful jungle, spotting jungle animals enroute. On the way we had to pass through a small part of Nicaragua, this entailed having our passports stamped. |  |
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We paid $5 for the privilege at a border post which consisted of a small wooden hut on stilts on the river bank in the jungle. |
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| Samay Lodge is in a very beautiful location situated on a wide river mouth with a tropical beach at the rear. Sea and river fishing is popular. While we were there a party of Americans flew in from Texas for a few days fishing. During our stay we went for a guided walk in the jungle a daylight canoe trip into the jungle and also a night canoe trip into the jungle. During these outings we saw monkeys, snakes, frogs, and various birds as well as a sloth.back to postcards |
| Dave Sands, Manager Europe. The IAATC 1 Kings Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1NJ, UK. Phone 01291 625656 E-mail : info@aircourier.co.uk URL : www.aircourier.co.uk |
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