Costa Rica
My wife and I first visited Costa Rica in 2006. We spent the first week at Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge near Corcovado National Park. The second week we traveled around without any plans or reservations, except for the last two nights. We read that driving in Costa Rica is risky - but we had fun. Of course, we got lost once too and ended up spending the night someplace we hadn't intended.
We returned in 2011 and went to the Caribbean side and stayed in Cahuita for almost the entire trip. It was quite different from our first visit.
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Female Golden Silk Orb Weaver
These spiders are quite large, averaging between 3 to 4 inches from top to bottom. They are supposedly not very venomous but we gave them a wide berth even so. Being so large, however, they are easy to photograph. For the last few nights of our stay in 2011, we were at the Almonds and Corals Hotel . They have interesting accommodations which are more like deluxe officer's tents. These spiders, however, were all along the walkways.
