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Honeymoon in Costa Rica

Nov 2, 2011 – Oct 13, 2012·20 entries·by Morgan Engel

We spent a couple weeks on the beach in Zancudo

Hasta luego, Costa Rica, y gracias por todos los peces
Oct 13, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Hasta luego, Costa Rica, y gracias por todos los peces

We spent the last couple of days driving back up the coast. We broke it up into smaller chunks of driving, which allowed us to take our time and have a really...

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Last Night in Zancudo
Oct 8, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Last Night in Zancudo

The last two days have been all about relaxing, which means they’re not so much about things that we’d usually blog about. Most of our experiences...

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Oct 7, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Panama? Close enough.

Well, after our last experience, we decided to try Panama again with our neighbors who go every once in a while themselves. We figured that they would know how...

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Coloso del Mar
Oct 7, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Coloso del Mar

Even though we have had pasta for the last 4 meals, Eli’s got to have more!

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Panama?
Oct 6, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Panama?

Last Monday we decided to try to make the trip to Panama on our own. We had heard that the prices were much lower than in Costa Rica, and we thought we’d...

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Osa Wildlife Sanctuary
Oct 4, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Osa Wildlife Sanctuary

We woke up early this morning because we had a tour of the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary scheduled for 9am and the boat would take 45 minutes to get there. We...

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Oct 4, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Beach Panorama

This was the beach right next to our house.

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Coloso
Sep 28, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Coloso

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Life’s a beach
Sep 28, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Life’s a beach

Every day during Morgan’s lunch break we go down to the beach for a little swim. The water is so nice, but the waves are kicking my butt, I’m so...

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Dinner at Coloso
Sep 28, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Dinner at Coloso

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Desayunos
Sep 28, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Desayunos

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Usual life in Zancudo
Sep 26, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Usual life in Zancudo

We’ve been here in Costa Rica for about a week now and we’re starting to get a routine. One of my favorite things about staying so long in a...

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At the beach house
Sep 25, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

At the beach house

Saturday was a day of hanging out, napping, and more napping. There were dozens of monkeys hopping through the trees at around 7 or 8 am. We didn’t get...

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Sep 24, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Working from the Costa Rica

Tomorrow, I begin my week of work in Costa Rica. I still feel like I planned this whole thing pretty well. By working this first week then having the next two...

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Sep 24, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

Playa Ventanas Video

We saw these caves on Friday, pretty amazing!

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We found a toad
Sep 24, 2012 · by Morgan Engel

We found a toad

On our way home in the car, the headlights show the way in front of us and this excites the frogs who have been waiting to be able to see well enough to hop...

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Souveniring!
Nov 6, 2011 · by Morgan Engel

Souveniring!

We cut out of work a little early on Friday to see the downtown of San José and get some lunch and souvenirs for the trip home. We headed to a little...

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Costa Rica, the Co-Star I Can’t Ignore
Nov 2, 2011 · by Morgan Engel

Costa Rica, the Co-Star I Can’t Ignore

About 4 months ago, my company came to me and said, “How would you like to go to Costa Rica to help us teach a company to use the software you...

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Work Work Work, All the Time
Nov 2, 2011 · by Morgan Engel

Work Work Work, All the Time

So many things around me are in English that it’s easy to forget I’m in a foreign country, and not just in Hawaii or San Diego. The differences can...

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Nov 2, 2011 · by Morgan Engel

Jet Blue, Thy Name is So-So

Well, that was an experiment in futility. I decided that because I’d never flown jetblue before that I’d give it a shot. The people weren’t...

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