Junia's first backpacking: Pura vida!

I can't understand that it took me 15 years to come back to this fantastic country, but better late than never. The month here will be quite different than the 6 months I spent here last time, less barra libre and more playgrounds. After three days the jetlag is beginning to feel bearable (good thing that the girls are so easy to put to bed, they even ask for it, not so good that the whole family is awake at 4 at the latest.)

We spent the first night in an Italian owned airbnb close to the airport (where he had a pool with an inflatable unicorn - total happiness.) Then we drove the next morning the approx. 3 hours up to the cloud forest in Monteverde. Here we have an amazing home exchange, a fantasic huge house, with a former bar including dance floor and disco lamp, amfi theatre as well as outdoor hot tub. Not to forget, a lovely garden with so many birds, kolibris and also our possible new favourite animal, agouti (or beaver, as the girls call it.) When the whole family was relaxing in the hot tub today, we also got company from a little scorpion. He was quickly removed with a cyclope though. Outside of our backyard we have also spotted a tarantula, monkeys and an armadillo. Then the camera fingers were not up to Lucky Luke speed unfortunately. But right now, we just heard some noise outside the door, and it turned out that a coati had moved into our compost garbage.

We will stay here one week, and the Swedish summer climate together with some hiking, fantastic cakes and fresh fruit shakes makes us very sure that this is the best way to spend November!