Our Guanacaste Vacation

This trip was taken back in July, and I've already posted about it so enjoy the pictures.



In San Ramone at our first pit stop to have breakfast.



Wearing sweaters as the day started out cold and we were on the road by 6 am.





Buffet style breakfast


It was an enjoyable first meal (that is until Princess spilled her whole plate of food on the floor)



Outside the restaurant and 'gift' shop











On our way to Guanacaste



Africa Mia







Africa Mia gift shop















The tour begins



Camel



Ostrich



Antelope



It was a scorching HOT!!! day



Princess was afraid of the animals...



Fatty was not



Boar







'Chickens'



Our tour group



Bongo










A warthog? maybe



More ostriches



He was so in awe of all the exotic animals



Princess enjoyed the animals too



These geese or ducks, whatever, kept following us on our tour



Zebras



Vaca watusi



















Antelope







Giraffe



Check out that snake like tongue



















Time for lunch. After a LONG day (or what seemed like it) in the sun walking around Africa Mia, we headed to our destination, Termo Mania, Miravalles for lunch and to check in.











Buffet style lunch



Lunch was "muy rico".



One of the many pool areas... this one has the slide















The Mickey Mouse pool



See Mickey? ^



The scenery



The volcano at Miravalles







The cabins



Our cabin, second from the left







Our room











So we checked in, changed our clothes and headed out for a self guided tour of the farm... "La Granja".











On our way...



On our way...



This way to 'La Granja'











Mr. Toucan (not Sam)!



A strange looking horse



What's there, Princess?



That's a big bull







The bunnies



"Hey it's Donkey, from Shrek". Or so the kids thought, LOL







A pregnant sheep























That's not real... looks like it though











On our way back from visiting the farm, we stopped by the museum







































That evening before dinner... pool time fun



















The bar area



The next day at breakfast



















Getting ready to head out to our next pit stop























This place had it all... sulfur fumes (that rotten egg smell), a sauna, volcanic rocks and mud (good for the skin), mineral baths, thermal pools, wild animals (not really).



This 'wild animal' was not afraid to fly up to someone and perch right there on their arm.



The place looks down right spooky in pictures, but it was really beautiful.















Up we go



And down we go











Poor Princess, she burned her foot on one of the rocks. It was downright boiling in some places, watch your step!







Someone's idea of the ideal body, maybe?



Dream on guys!!!



Enjoying the mineral pools







Getting a mud bath















Fatty HATED getting that muddy. I guess all that mud made him feel icky all over. I thought kids loved getting sticky, icky and dirty?











All clean now











Booby made some friends



Heading back to Termo Mania for lunch and then to check out



On our way back to San Jose, the bus got a flat tire so we made an unexpected pit stop, at guess where: this place (you might remember this humongous bull from another post).






It was a wonderful trip. Immensely enjoyed by all. We had our ups (swimming at dusk, THE FOOD, etc) and downs (mainly Princess crying and behaving badly) but it was so well worth it.