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Costa Rica - Mountains and Ocean

by Tim May

We recently made our third trip to Costa Rica. Our trip started with a long 4.5 hour taxi trip the city of San Vito very close to the Panama border. There we visited the city and toured a farm which is working on experiments in reforestation. (http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~flcarpen/) We then traveled by taxi for 4 hours to Manuel Antonio National Park for a chance to visit the park, bask in the sunshine on the beach, swim in the warm waters, and explore the city of Quepos. Our visit was during the "Green" season (translate to ... (more)

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Mercedes
On our long drive to San Vito I noticed this Mercedes truck and was...

Taxi Shrine
This taxi is a moving shrine in honor of the patron saint of the city.

Thistle
As we climbed the mountain this thistle was etched against the sky.

What you lookin' at?
We stopped for a short break at a soda (cafe) and there were lots of humming...

Steeples
These are from a church in the town of San Isidro.

Preparing an Experiment
These trees are from the nursery on the reforestation farm. They will...

Green Flow

Monument
San Vito was settled by Italian immigrants in the 1950's. This...

Suspended Street Lights
This structure hangs suspended over one of the main intersections in town.

Lines
Protective grill work is quite common in Costa Rica. This gate protects a...

Lichee
A street vendor was selling these lichee nuts.

Ronron Trees
The focus of the experiment is to enhance the growth of the hardwood Ronron...

At Rest
The city is a living growing place. They were working on the roads.

Tomb
On the hill above the city center is the cemetery. This is the door to one of...

Crosses
Much of the cemetery shows the effects of time and climate.

Covered
Two of the crosses were covered. Behind the cemetery the hill drops steeply.

Broken Wing
Even though her wings were both broken there is still a sense that she...

Touch of Yellow
Many of the graves were above ground and there was liberal use of...

Two Watchers
Many of the graves had photographs on them.

Tokens
Throughout graveyards are the tokens of remembrance. These flowers bring the...

Maria Luisa
If she came here in the 50's, she must have been in her 20's when she...

Red and Green
The tiles here are a lovely green color.

Broken
Some of the graves have lost their rememberers.

Tending to Memory
This man was cleaning the grave.

We have to stop meeting this way.
These shoes were airing out on the patio of one of the houses in town.

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article published 7/25/2004

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— chad, February 13, 2006

Thanks so much for all your excellent photos! I am so glad NOT to be a sloth, and spend my entire life upside down!!
— Eleanor Robb, November 24, 2005

We are about to go to Costa Rica for our honeymoon and enjoyed looking at your pictures. We especially enjoyed your use of photo technique. You have a very good eye. Can't wait until we can take our own photos!
— Jer and Abby, November 11, 2004

Inspirational
As always, I love your photos. Just back from a trip myself, I wish I could do it over again with your eyes!
— Carol, July 26, 2004

The way that photography should be!
Love these photos! I tend to find traditional 'scenery shots' tediously boring, but these are awesome. Your photos even make a simple jackhammer look interesting!
— Shon Ellerton, July 26, 2004

Wonderful !
Phil says it so much better. All I know is that we also have spent some time in Costa Rica, and I just wish that we could have seen it as you have! Thank you for so many wonderful images.
— Bob Fairbanks, July 25, 2004

One your best...
So many good images here...the San Vito monument -- a study in humanely incongruous abstraction; the vivid colors of "Indigenious;" the flawed immortality of the angel in "Broken Wing;" the broken pride of "Maria Louisa;" the delicate light and color in "Tokens;" the tree climbing sloth amid the rhythms of "Sloth on the path;" the glowing translucence of "Palm Pattern;" the juxtaposition of those flaming red pants under an appropriate sign in "Waiting;" and the surreal two headed Marlin in "Blues" are among my favorites.
— Phil Douglis, July 25, 2004