One afternoon in mid July Elliott called me from work to ask if I might be interested in going to Costa Rica. Come again???? His employer contracted with another software development company in Costa Rica and they needed someone to go and get the Costa Rican group "up to speed" on their product. They asked Elliott to be the someone and the trip was for 3 weeks. Not wanting to leave his family behind for that long (thanks honey!) he was told that Lilly and I could join him (paying for our own airfare of course). Oh, and we needed to leave in 2 weeks.
A little bit of scrambling ensued as we prepared to leave the country so quickly and for that long. Did you know you can get a passport the same day if you have to? Did you also know that I set a world record for number of trips to WalMart and Target in a 2-week period? Well, I think I did anyway.
So, off to Costa Rica we went for an amazing adventure! I won't begin to try and recount the whole trip here but I did put 30-some pictures up on Flickr. I had to choose from over 700 pictures, so 30-something is quite a feat.
During the week Elliott worked and Lilly and I played. We spent lots of time in the pools at the hotel, wandering around, checking out the mall/shops/restaurants across the road from the hotel and seeing local sights. In the evening when Elliott got "home" we would all head out to dinner. Sometimes at a place within walking distance, sometimes at the hotel and sometimes on a driving adventure. (Side note: Elliott was so brave and drove like a local pro. The driving and the drivers there are CRAZY!!!!!!!!)
On the weekends we took the opportunity to really explore the country. We saw waterfalls, exotic birds, monkeys, crocodiles, took a jungle river boat tour, explored one of the volcanoes, zip-lined in the rainforest, rode horses and went to the most beautiful beach we have ever seen.
What great memories we made! Elliott and I want to go back in 5 years, but for the relaxing beach vacation version. Anyone want to stay with a 9-year-old Lilly???
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