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Cocos Island 2011

The adventure began at the end of July 2011 when the Ash Perry Divers arrived at the Alta Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Live orchids on the tables for us to enjoy enhancing the dining experience.
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Live orchids on the tables for us to enjoy enhancing the dining experience.

Alta HotelCosta Rica

  • The Alta Hotel was built on the side of a rise. Left in the picture is the dining room. The guest rooms rise to the right.
  • Nico, Jessica, and Justin strollin' at the Alta Hotel
  • There was an elegant dining room and bar that we enjoyed for a couple of days.
  • Live orchids on the tables for us to enjoy enhancing the dining experience.
  • Live orchids on the tables for us to enjoy enhancing the dining experience.
  • There was an intriguing hallway that followed the rise.
  • Another view of the hallway with artwork.
  • Looking back from the hallway to the patio, pool, and dining room.
  • Chris and Maya framed by some floral sculpting.
  • Just another day in Paradise.
  • Alta Hotel patio.
  • We took a day trip the next morning and stopped at a coffee plantation. Coffee has become number four of the gross national product with tourism being number one. Banana trees are planted in the rows for coffee trees (bushes) to guide the birds to the more desirable bananas and away from the coffee cherries.
  • Another view of the coffee plantation.
  • We arrived at the Poas Volcano, which is an active volcano, in the pouring rain. This is the only picture that I kept which is the rangers pavilion and display. We took the walk to the volcano in the rain and arriving at the observation deck we could smell the hydrogen sulfide but couldn't see beyond five feet due to the cloud forrest.
  • On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a local roadside restaurant and had an excellent meal of local Costa Rica fare (black beans, rice, fried plantain, and chicken). After lunch the fellow helping people park urged us to visit a garden across the street.
  • There was one section of the garden with enumerable hummingbird feeders.
  • More of the garden.
  • More of the garden.
  • More of the garden.
  • More of the garden.
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