Where is Dando?

SOME OF OUR FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE FABULOUS COUNTRY OF COSTA RICA: Many people use public transport in Costa Rica. People of all ages take the bus for work and pleasure. So the streets are very safe and always filled with people going about their daily activities. The ironic thing is, while they live a free life, every house, grocery store, or any establishment has bars and fencing with razor wire. The two ways of living just don't fit together in our minds. The above two pics show an array of fencing types in a typical Costa Rican neighborhood.  Crazy amount of security in our opinions. It seemed like everyone owned a bike.  No worries regarding theft in most areas. Entire families hop on single scooters to go about their daily lives. The roads were very narrow meaning you had to be very careful when a vehicle coming the other way approaches you.  Especially when it is a large vehicle and there are also cars parked on the roadway! Many folks had carts designed to be dragg...

 Crazy stuff the roads here in Costa Rica are!  We took an hour long drive up a 10 mile road to find a park that locals said we must see while near Manuel Antonio.  Not only are the roads the steepest we have ever seen, they are in really poor shape with lots of ruts and potholes.  What we found at the end of the road was well worth the wear and tear we put on our rental car! The initial 5 miles of the road was driven along a dirt road that was cut straight through the palm oil plantations around here.  There were workers with machetes every 100 yards or so.  Not exactly sure what they were doing but they all commuted to work there on their scooter-like motorcycles.  There were also small housing developments placed here and there along the road.  Maybe to house some of the workers? Came upon our first of 3 swinging bridges.  The sign said it was about 450 feet long and 135 feet above the river below.  Notice the width of the tread is on...