Cerro Lodge and Carara National Park
Memories of traffic clogged San Jose are long gone, and the reputation of Costa Rica as an eco paradise has firmly replaced it. One part of that reputation rests on the food. Today, as on every day of the tour, breakfast began with fresh papaya, pineapple, and watermelon. These fruits are without exception the most flavourful we have ever tasted. And then today there was banana pancake with chocolate chips, the pancakes thick and hot, not cold and thin like in Europe. Add to this eggs and fried plantain - so sticky and perfect, and that sort of thin, acidic Costa Rican coffee? Umm, umm! This breakfast was taken at the dining/observation deck, and in some sort of marketing dream, Scarlet Macaws came from the forest to join us. At first I was respectfully keeping my distance, but eventually two flew up and perched one foot away. These are wild and free birds, eh! Other birds also came to the deck, not to mention a monkey, making a great start to the day: We piled into the van for t...