Faces of Costa Rica                                                        2017, 2018, 2019, 

2020, 2022, and 2023.

















We arranged for a visit, including lunch at the Boruca village where we donated a supply of beanie babies.  The following are some of those we met during our visit.










 

Faces of Puntarenas and Golfo Dulce

               

March / April 2022









               Faces of Puntarenas, including Drake Bay

               

                                     February 2020



Reinaldo at Casa Horizontes, Drake Bay.



Berny at Drake Bay Elementary school.



Pedro and Jamy at Casa Horizontes, Drake Bay.



Rosie at Las Nubes, Matapalo.



Filip at Las Nubes, Matapalo.                                                  Lettika and Gijs at Jardin de los Monos, Playa Matapalo. 



A fisherman in Drake Bay.



From left to right

Florian, our tour guide at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary, Dominical.

Daniel, the owner and chef at El Express del Pacifico, Matapola.

Jasmin, owner of a restaurant that was unfortunately closed for remodeling but who chatted with us for half an hour none-the-less, and gifted us a bag of spices.

Dilan, a young fellow at a fruit stand near Atenas.




Pepe and a staff member at Casa Botania, San Vito.



Filip and Fabiola at Las Nubes, Matapalo.


 

                             Faces of the Provinces of

                      Alajuela and Guanacaste (Nicoya)

 

                                      February 2019



School children at Escuela Bijagua.





Henner, owner of Locos Cocoa, Playa San Miguel.



Pippa and Jonathan, at Casitas Tenorios, Bijagua.






                         

             Faces of the Provinces of Cartago and Limon


                                      February 2018





Staff of Hotel Quelitales, Cachi Cartago.
 


A lady selling bananas on the roadside south of Limon.



A few of the staff at Banana Azul, Porto Viejo.







Jose Alvarez, Hotel Quelitales, Cachi Cartago.



        Faces of Puntarenas, including the  Osa Peninsula


                                      February 2017



Children at Santa Juana Lodge.






A young boy along our drive.




Two of the staff at Santa Juana Lodge.




Palm oil pod workers near Quepos.




Sabrina, owner of La Cochina de Celina near Alajuela.


One of our servers at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge.




A young girl picking coffee beans.                                   Estaban at Lookout Inn, Carate, Osa.



Our Resplendent Quetzal guides.



Cooks at Santa Juana Lodge ...                                      ... and Saladero Eco Lodge, Golfo Dulce.



Cooks at Saladero Eco Lodge.



Alan, manager of Santa Juana Lodge.