Costa Rica - February 2009

In February, we went to Costa Rica with a group from the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship.



Costa Rica is a land of stately churches,



quiet courtyards,



and endless beaches.



We stayed at a remote resort with this beautiful vista by day,



topped only by the view at sunset.



One day we joined this adventurous group of scuba divers,

and put our trust in this intrepid captain and his tiny boat.

We did two nice dives in the pleasantly warm water, and then enjoyed a well-earned lunch at this picturesque beach.

Another day we traveled to the Manuel Antonio National Park,

and hiked into the rainforest,

where we found huge bamboo thickets,

tree sloths,

and hundreds of squirrel monkeys.

Costa Rica is haven for eco-adventure, and their ziplines are world famous. We couldn't resist, so we suited up,

listened carefully to the orientation, and then took to the trees.

Each platform is 40 to 80 feet up in the trees with beautiful views of the rainforest and the coast.

We did 14 ziplines in all, the longest of which was 2,400 ft, almost half a mile!

On each platform we clipped in,

then pushed off into space.

The exhilaration shown on everyone's face.

This was the conventional technique,

this, the not-so-conventional.



As we ended our visit, we decided that Costa Rica is a land of adventure,

and beautiful sunsets.