Life As We Explore

Tortuguero is a small village on the northeastern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It is nicknamed "Central America's Amazon" for its dense jungles and maze of navigable winding canals. Tortuguero National Park hosts incredibly diverse flora and fauna that can be explored by hikes and canal tours. Translated as "Land of Turtles", its palm lined beaches are a nesting spot for a variety of sea turtles. It is also one of the wettest parts of the country with rainfall year round. A

Costa Rica has a little bit of everything for every kind of traveler. It is one of the most biologically diverse countries on earth, with volcanos, remote beaches, rainforests, exotic wildlife, charming small towns, rivers, adventure activities, etc. Costa Rica is our very first proper international vacation. We planned this trip months in advance. We booked a package tour with Ecoterra, spent months researching about currency, weather and other little things. When the time

Here is a bouquet of flowers from Costa Rica. We did not click many but definitely some of the prettiest tropical flowers. I got most of the names and hope I got them right. I will update the missing names as I find them. Napoleon’s Plume, Bauhinia Monandra Brazilian Red-Cloak, Megaskepasma Erythrochlamys Coral Porterweed, Stachytarpheta Mutabilis Double Hibiscus Lavendar Porterweed, Stachytarpheta Indica Carica Papaya Glory Bush, Tibouchina Urvilleana Bamboo Orchid, Arundina