Photos of Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Sad things have been happening in our lives this week and it has been difficult to write for the blog. Still, I wanted to share some pictures of the vacation we took to Costa Rica… the calm before the storm.

Our yearly trips to Chile and Canada (George’s family has a vacation place in the Great Lakes) don’t leave us time to visit new places, but George and I love traveling and this year I wanted to take our family somewhere new, so some friends and us decided to go to Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is the perfect destination for a family vacation full of sun, nature and water.  The kids loved every minute of it, and enjoyed having other kids to play with. Taking vacations with other families with kids is the way to go! For the first time, Víctor never asked to go back home in the middle of our trip, so you know he was having a blast. 

 It takes 30 minutes to walk from the entrance of the park to the beach. It is a beautiful walk among tall trees in a wooden bridge. We saw monkeys, iguanas and sloths.

You can’t buy anything inside the park of Manuel Antonio, so bring your water and food and be prepare to stay at the beach all day.   By the end of the day, the kids (and adults) were exhausted and happy!
Here are some pictures of our hotel. Their slogan is Costa Verde, “still more monkeys than people.” And we prove them right.

We only stayed three days in Manuel Antonio. One of those days we went to a local beach that was amazing for children. It was secluded so it didn’t have big waves, and there was a Mojito stand right next to us that we enjoyed throughly!