| At Rainbow we visited a few other places and some other places of interest, we put these on their own page. Those items are: | ||||||||||||
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Our chariot awaits
| The airport restaurant (closed) |  |
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Downtown Golfito |
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Walking to the boat launch
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Our gulf limo
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On our way - Robin and Lisa |
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The Rainbow Lodge comes into view
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Rainbow by day |
| Rainbow at dusk |
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Open dining area at the main lodge. You can see the wonderful reference library in the background. All the rooms are open to the outdoors - the sounds of birds, insects, monkeys and the sea are hypnotic and delightful. |
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Sitting and dining area
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In front of our cabina |
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Touring grounds and surrounding area. |
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Mangrove area
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Sea nymphs at high tide |
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Scarlet Macaws enjoying breakfast in "beach almond" tree. There is no way to describe how brilliantly colored the wild birds are. Much lovelier than any seen in captivity. |
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Later in our trip we discovered these birds (6) had been successfully released into the wild where they had disappeared completely. (We got to spend time with the people who accomplished this.) |
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Reid & Robin's snorkeling adventure. Although the water was very clear, there was little to see.
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Lisa's walking snork adventure, these fish were in about 8 inches of water. |
| Robin enjoying the view on our way to the river/mangrove |  |
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Simone, our 13 year old translator. Robin speaks fluent Spanish, but we liked having Simone with us. An extremely mature (and charming) 13 year old. |
| Sunset on the river |
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and in the Gulf |
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Lisa wading in the 85 degree ocean |
| Howler Monkeys on the grounds of Rainbow |
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Notice the stripe on this guy's tail. It happens but is not common. Notice how worried (not) he is that we are there. |
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| Don't you just want to kiss my cute face? |
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Simone leading the way to the waterfall. |
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Much "cooler" than the ocean |
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Look what Robin found roosting in the rafters of the other cabina! A fairly small insectivorous sac winged bat. |
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low tide |
| Mangrove resident |
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Aerial photo of Rainbow location |
| On Lou's birthday. It is traditional to get smashed in the head with a raw egg for every year. Obviously this is done when you aren't looking. Lou only got hit twice. |
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