The GCW Tour, Costa Rica: That's All Folks

This should be the last post from the Costa Rican leg of the GCW Tour. As Sib4 put it, "we're like a bunch of senior citizens," and are either sleeping, reading, or packing for tomorrow's trip home. 

I am not looking forward to tomorrow. We'll be pretty much spending the entire day, and then some, in airports or on airplanes. 

But before we close out, I should mention last night's hotel, the Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, which aside from having lousy WiFi and overcooked food, was actually pretty fun. It's basically designed for birders -- who knew? -- which means you get lots of Japanese tourists with really big cameras, but also more hummingbirds than I've ever seen in one place, plus a bunch of other interesting and photogenic creatures.

The accommodations are fun, too. We stayed in a tiny little lodge glued to the mountain top that had space for two bunk beds and a double. I got the top bunk. The lack of insulation, heat, and hot water just made it an adventure. 

Here's some of what we saw...

Lodge #8

Sunrise from the window of Lodge #8

A random (and fat) bird

A non-random (and poisonous) snake
(someone found it and relocated it to this tree stump)

One of many mobs of hummingbirds

Anyway. tomorrow it's travel, Tuesday it's back to work, and Friday it's back to the focus on cancer with yet another scan. 

I'm missing Costa Rica already.