Honeymoon - Flight of the Tucan

Wednesday, September 5th, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Costa Rica.  We might have missed the whole thing if it hadn't been for our tour guide, who was leading us up through the rain forest to our first zip-line.  He had been stopping us every couple of minutes to point out vegetation, tell us about the history of Hacienda Baru or show us some animals or insects.  Suddenly, he pointed towards the trees and asked if we saw something...  No...  The trees were shaking.  And, then, we felt it.  So weird.  It lasted about a minute and we continued climbing.

Finally, we made it to the first platform and began our flights...
(all pics personal)

Me on a zipline

Anthony on a zipline

This was both of ours first time zip-lining.  I have wanted to try this forever.  And, I have to admit, it was kind of a let down.  I think I would have been a bit more disappointed if the rest of our tour experience hadn't been so great.  Our tour guides were spectacular.  They made the day amazing with their stories and personalities.

Anthony with our guides

After we had finished our tour, we decided to walk one of the trails to the beach.  There were tons of cool things to see on the way there.

Once we got to the beach, we were greeted by natural beauty.  And, it was 100% ours.  Not a soul to be seen anywhere.  It was amazing.

Anthony decided to take a quick dip

Then, we then headed back, with one more cool photo stop on the way.

Cutter Ants carrying their leaves

What a great day.  We followed it up with another day of relaxation and then...  the best day of the whole honeymoon.  

Up next: Canyoneering (a.k.a. canyoning in the rest of the world).