Waterfall in Atenas and Manuel Antonio National Park

Good morning...

On Sunday we discovered the surroundings of Atenas. After wandering a while through the tropical forest, we arrived to a deserted waterfall, where we could calmly take a wonderful dive and eat a fresh and tasty Papaya.

Waterfall in Atenas

Sometimes you need to dive into the unknown to get the most precious memories

While going back to our Finca, we found out that this Sunday, 24^th of April has a special meaning for Atenas: To celebrate the agricultural heritage, they organized a big parade with colourful painted oxcarts and enormous oxen. After watching this parade, we understood why one of the landmarks of this small city (with the best climate of the world, according to National Geographic) is a ‘boyero’, a traditional oxcart driver with a carriage pulled by two bullocks.

Atenas' celebrating their agricultural heritage

The landmark of Atenas: In statue and also in live

Some of those oxen are enormous

A proud Tico cowboy

The priest blessed the drivers, the bollocks, the carriage and the people inside

 

Even the smallest ones take part in this tradition

The next day, we stayed in our Finca so that Estelle could recover from a little flu with the help of the good soul Jacqueline (‘mother’ of the Finca).  In return, Jean-Marc helped to clean the propriety and got rid of the dry leaves.

Our Bungalow in the 'Rental in Paradise4U'

We had to switch for 2 nights our bungalow with a house. We didn't complain :)

Yesterday, (26/4/2016) we visited the National Park Manuel Antonio and could observe some of the Costa Rican Flora and Fauna. Below you’ll find some pictures to visualise those experiences.

Oh, there are some apes...

..yes indeed, there is a mother ape with kid playing in the trees.

Our first selfie :)

Manuel Antonio has some very nice beaches

 

Just a few steps away from Paradise

Nothing's for free :)

 More adventures to come...