Pictures from our trip to Costa Rica: Dec 27, 2010 - Jan 7, 2011

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0a. Grabbing some food before the flight	0b. Waiting for our flight	1a. Hotel Don Carlos in San Jose, Costa Rica	1b. The National Museum
1c. The National Museum	1d. Art at the National Museum	1e. Nose Flute at the National Museum	1f. A Diquis Sphere at the National Museum
1g. Art at the Gold Museum	1h. At the Gold Museum	1i. At the Gold Museum	1j. Fun at the hotel
2a. Leaving San Jose	2b. A coffee plantation on the way	2c. Coffee beans	2d. We went to Poas Volcano on a misty-rainy day so we didn't take many pictures
2e. Arenal Volcano hidden by mist (just as Poas Volcano was)	2f. Our hotel room in Fortuna at the base of Arenal	2g. Never seen towels quite like this before!	2h. The showers (Waterfall on left, rain forest on right)
2i. The funky sink	3a. Early morning birding - Kiskadee	3b. Chestnut-mandibled Toucan eating coffee berries	3c. Green crowned brilliant hummingbird
3d. Blue-Grey Tanager	3e. Prong-billed Barbet	3f. Don't remember what this one is	3g. Grackles talking
3h. Black-cheeked woodpecker	3i. Montezuma Oropendola (really!)	3j. Another Green crowned brilliant hummingbird - they were everywhere!	3k. Crested Guan
3l. We took some pictures that weren't birds	3m. But not many	3n. Definitely not ALL birds!	3o. We walked to the base of this waterfall, down 450 steps
3p. Two fingered sloth we saw on the way	3q. Green Honeycreeper	3r. We thought this was an interesting tree	3s. A traveler's palm
3t. The bottom of the waterfall	3t. The pool at the bottom was very green	3u. We all made it to the bottom	3v. The boys liked climbing on the rocks
3w. Marc and our guide, Luis	3x. The stream from the waterfall	3y. Mom didn't look tired at all - but now it's time to go back!