Monkeying around on the Pacific Coast

This weekend was perhaps my best yet in Costa Rica. Ben and I set out Thursday morning from San Jose and headed by bus and taxi to Playa Esterillos where we set up camp on a deserted beach before meeting friends for two days of camping, swimming, partying and hang gliding. From there, we headed to Quepos and to the Manuel Antonio National Park for a day of hiking, animal watching and relaxing on some of the most pristine beaches in the country before heading back to Heredia on Sunday night. It is hard to believe that I have less than three weeks left in Costa Rica, but I still have a weekend in Nicaraqua and a weekend of camping and hiking in Rincon de la Vieja before I return to Phoenix on the 12th and Seattle on the 14th.