More Costa Rica Photos Online
 

I've add more Costa Rica photos to my online albums including monkeys, birds, and botanicals. Enjoy.

Sorry I forgot the web address!! duh

http://rvincent3.photosite.com

dhuszai,
I've got the monkey photos posted here you asked for.

Earthtraveler -- Thank you for your new pics. I just looooove monkeys, but the Howler is not such a good looking animal, you think? The butterflies are great too. Looking forward to seeing them at LaPaz. I am so looking forward to our trip.

Thanks again.

Actually I like the Howler's mysterious
quality to their features. The Howler babies are cute but the Mono Titi are beautiful.

Have great trip!

Earthtraveler, I enjoyed your pictures! They are gorgeous. Where did you travel in Costa Rica? The itinerary for my upcoming trip is Monteverde Cloud Florest, then stop at Lake Arenal on the way to Tilajari, a boat trip on the Penas Blancas River, then to Tortuguero Nat'l Park... any of these hold promise for wildlife? I love to photograph and don't know for sure if I should bring my camera as it does account for 7 lbs of weight. I was going to check out the camera you wrote about on 2/14, yhr 5MP Panasonic... but I think my Fuji digital works better for telescopic truthfully, however... if this itinerary isn't promising for wildlife (I heard Monteverde is disappointing in that respect) I might as well leave the Fuji at home... beautiful website, very very nice. Sunsets were great, butterflies... the monkeys... all really interesting, you should be proud of your work!

Thanks teadrinker,
Any of those places you are headed can have wildlife.
Alot has to do with being in the right place at the right time and your camera ready to shoot. Critters don't like to wait around to be photographed I noticed sometimes. Ha ha.
Tortuguero comes up consistantly as a great place for wildlife, though I haven't been there personally.
The Howlers were photographed on the Caribe coast in the Casa Viva property south of Puerto Viejo, Punta Uva.
Encanta La Vida on the Osa/ CaboMatapalo had a troup of Mono Titi that would come through every day to feed on a bunch of bananas that were put out for them. I also saw Spidermonkeys there and heard the Howlers.
Many of the birds were seen on the Osa also and shot with the addition of a scope which gave me a photo but not very good quality. Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge 45 mins from Puerto Jimenez/ Osa was a great place for birds. Also Rancho Naturalista /Tuis not far from Turrialba had awesome bird life and will allow day visitors for a fee.
I would love to have had a good highpower telephoto like some of the folks I saw. But the weight and cost was too much for me this time. I agree the quality of some of the pictures, even with out the scope addition, could be much improved with a better camera.
Have a wondeful journey teadrinker. Hope you see more critters than you can imagine. The country is awesome even with out the wildlife!

Great new photos. Bet you got that snowcap at Rancho. Didn't you just love that swimming hole at Tigre? We just turned down the chance to buy it. Are we nuts????

Thanks so much for sharing.

Earthtraveler

Did you add some more botanicals when I wasn't looking? They are just awsome.

Hi Richard,
I'm really enjoying your photos. You have inspired me to post some of my pictures. I am in the process of building an album with photosite.
http://badams575.photosite.com
I really like the Turquoise Cotinga.

Truly wonderful photos Bill!
Now you are inspiring me to get a better camera and lenses.
I see you are spending the night hours also creating your albums. I'll have to put your site on my favorites list and take a look from time to time to feast my eyes. Thanks for letting us in on it.

Suzie2,
Can you tell me what was the asking price for the property and what acreage? Just curious. Thanks

It is around 100 acres. Asking price wasn't determined but $100,000 was thrown out as a starting point. We have had Florencio holding it for us for quite some time but due to some recent health problems we had to pass on it. We have given him money all these months for him to try to get some legal ownership papers and to hold it for us. The terrain is too steep for me now to get up to the top and after seeing the flooding in November we realized that we wouldn't be able to get to it during the really rainy season. As you know, there are at least 5 river crossings back and forth to get to the swimming hole. Liz tells us that several other properties in the area have sold recently...wish they had told us about those, I do love that area. The property has a tree that scarlet macaws frequently nest in. I saw my first Tayra there last year. The river is actually public-all running water is. There is a nice breeze all along there and it is quite comfortable. It is also the route to the new entrance to Corcovado. Good starting off place for hikers??? We had thought about setting up a camp area down along the river for them. We had planned on getting an atv for hauling groceries etc between Dos Brazos and the property and having a car in Dos Brazos. Concerns....there have been some artifact diggings done recently. If any have been found, the property can be seized by the government. Titles are really hard to come by for Osa properties. There is very little room to build anything up higher. Only some narrow stretches that have been left after landslides. Incredible views of the Gulfo Dulce from up there though. We just declined the rights to buy a couple of days ago so if you are interested, I am sure it is still available.

We now have a bid on almost 200 acres around Buenos Aires now. Up in the Talamanca mountains so temps are more moderate but only about 1 1/2 hr to Dominical. Depending on road conditions after Chacarita it is only 4 hrs door to door to Cabo Matapalo. About the same price but we are going through tico channels to get a better deal. We will have a tico friend buy the property and then we will buy it from him.

That was very interesting to read about the possible purchase of land in both places, first one sounded beautiful, and it sounded like you had some real thoughtful ideas for it, too. I'm sorry that it didn't work out for you healthwise, maybe the other inquirer will be able to pick up on it? Earthtraveler, if you ever find out what is the best camera to use, let me know. I am thinking I'm going to end up bringing my Fuji S2 Pro camera any way, with the 2 lenses... it takes great pictures, heavy, but great pics. I guess that is the price we have to pay if we want good telephoto pictures..no one seems to have come up with a compact camera with exc telephoto properties as of yet.

Thanks Suzie2 for the info on your land purchase adventure. Hope you prosper in fulfilling your dreams. We've toyed with the idea of owning some land in CR but that is as far as it has gone. I can see us spending the US winters there in the future though.

teadrinker,
I think you've made the right decision to take a camera that can give you great photos. Please let us know how your trip goes and take a look at photosite.com if you need an easy to use and free site to post your pictures. I'd love to see what you come home with. Happy travels!

Thank you, I'm so excited to go! The only thing I'm worried about is that with the rainforest being dark and gloomy, I'll have trouble without a tripod. My cam works best in good light...well...maybe there will be a good camera person along with us that can tell me how to use my camera in low-light conditions! Thanks for your help, and let's hope I get good pictures to post on the website you listed!