Sometimes, we have found here in Costa Rica, the best places to stay are the hardest ones to get to. After a 20 minute drive up the 1.5 mile poor excuse for a road we arrived at an incredible Airbnb. Not only was the house fabulous but the grounds it was on were amazing in an area that most folks cannot even access with their vehicles!
Not only was it well equipped, it had huge windows on three sides of the house that overlooked an amazing gorge with a waterfall and a hillside with a few cows we became friendly with.
Some of the artwork was out of this world too. Could not imagine having the patience or skill to create this masterpiece.
Here is our buddy 'Bessie' who showed up like clockwork in the field opposite our balcony. She has a friend who we neglected to name.
Along with taking our extreme canyoning tour in the area we had our daily hike along the nicely 'stepped' trail along the property.
Every once in a while the trail held quite the surprise for us.
We had to figure out what the owners of the property had hidden in the tree for us?
Not sure what kind of fish they stocked their small pond with but they sure were happy to have us feed them.
Nicely done hand made bridge across the stream that fed the fish pond. Someone had a lot of time on their hands.
The property had many different types of edible fruits and veggies. The tree above is called a soursop tree. The locals call it guanabana. It has a spiked skin with a soft white, sweet flesh in the middle. Very good indeed.
Cannot find peppers this fresh in the grocery store. The plants were more like trees than plants.
They even had a few pineapple trees but the fruit was not ripe yet.
They had multiple banana and plantain trees scattered about the property.
We spent two lovely afternoons here in our backyard with our books and a beverage. Life does not get any better! For our enjoyment the owners also put a solar light here so we could see the falls at night. Boy, sleep does not come any easier with cascading water in the background.
A new way of videoing a waterfall. Pan the camera from the top to the bottom for an interesting effect.
A view of the valley that holds the small town of Turrialba as the sun was coming up. Not often we are up for sunrise but....
A bit off subject here but had to mention what we found out regarding how many folks here are buried. The picture was taken on a main road in Turrialba. The families of the buried, going forward after death, have to pay an annual fee for the upkeep of these above ground graves. All made of basically white tile with many family member's names etched on them. We found the weird thing is that after 5 years there is a ceremony and someone goes into the vault and moves the bones to the side or back to make room for future family members who will join them at some point.
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