Vacationing in Samara Beach provides you the opportunities to snap tons of wild life pictures. Costa Rican Howler Monkeys, for example, roam freely through the area. Our stay at Las Palmers, we took some footage of the howlers coming down from the mountain and “walking” along the road to Nosara. Just north of the Las Palmers condos, at the foot of the mountain, the family of monkeys followed the unmarked path. Both morning and night around the same time they feed while heading east away from town.
Looking back on our vacation I remember feeling very much the outsider. As you can see from my previous post on Samara’s Howler Monkeys, this is their rain forest. It can be a tad unnerving to suddenly turn around and see a group of monkeys, only a few feet away, silently watching you walk past them. It’s the mix of that knowing look and curiosity written on their faces - especially the eyes - that creeps you out. As if you are being sized up. *Don’t smile as it makes no difference to them.
Digging around led to this page on Samara Beach Costa Rica. Notice how on the eight picture from the bottom you find that you are being watched. The rest of the family is moving along the powerlines occassionly stopping to eat fruit while this one watched the photographer.
Video I took while sitting with partner discussing CNBC video on business in Costa Rica. The location of this video is at construction site of Montelaguna Residence.
Our travel through Costa Rica has us in Samara Beach, Costa Rica. Directly across the street from our condo on the mountain side is a family of Howler Monkeys.
The howler monkeys (genus Alouatta monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are among the largest of the New World monkeys. Nine species are currently recognised. Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae.
Well, someone needs a new website. The Fenix Hotel in Guanacaste, Costa Rica and by golly, I’m going to make them one. Odds are, if you’re a cool kid in the know, you’ve seen the beach in Samara. We’ll be leaving out of RDU on June 2 and blogging tico style for 16 days.
Mel has strong family values, and in spite of his reputation as a drinker and party animal, he prefers to live a more simple life than his negative press image implies.
Gibson says Hollywood doesn’t like him and he wants to be a Tico, and the “real estate investment” was very shrewd since Samara is blooming as a resort haven. Well… all I know is my daughter C4 has monkeys in the front yard …
Watch your local news for more updates on the Britney Beach Scene… look for me waving in the background…
The photograph here is Bob, who would have been my father-in-law. He died in 1988. Val has some great photos. I’m using that photo because this new blog requires a specific photo size and Bob Bowling is my prototype.
