Trip to Costa Rica

Day 7 - Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - Day in Manual Antonio

It's our day at leisure in Manuel Antonio and we chose to take the Catamaran Cruise that skirts the park. We left at 8:30 to go to the Marina. The cruise was like a private one as the boat had a capacity of 150 people and there were only 30 of us. The crew was great and made sure that we had drinks or whatever we needed. There was time to swim and to snorkel, but the water was cloudy today and not good to see fish. We did see some dolphins on our way to the beach though. They had a nice lunch of Mahi Mahi for us, and the weather was perfect.  We got back to the hotel around 1:00 and took a little rest before we went to the pool. Yesterday after we left the pool area, we were told a dozen monkeys occupied our sitting area. But they weren't there today. There we relaxed some more and took advantage of the 2 for 1 drinks at happy hour. We enjoyed last night's dinner so much that we decided to go back to Isimo instead of going into town. We had another wonderful dinner - I had ceviche and Ron had a shrimp pesto pasta. It was worth walking up the hill for it. 



Views of the Marina


Have $400,000 - you could rent this for a week!


Our catamaran


Our catamaran


Our catamaran


The dolphins


Enjoying the water, weather and each other.


Views of Manuel Antonio


Didn't have time for parasailing


Life is Good


Snorkeling anyone


There he goes


Pool time


Margaritas by the pool


Beautiful views


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