Green Hermit Somehow towards the end of last year I persuaded my ever suffering wife to give me a 3 week pass out on my 70th birthday to go on a Costa Rica birding adventure organised by Heatherlea. Fast forward to 1st November this year and the day I thought would never come did and I flew with 9 other birders and our friendly knowledgeable UK guide, Jenna, on a BA flight to Costa Rica. What would have been a fairly mundane flight over was greatly enhanced by being upgraded to business class where I found myself sitting next to none other than Jeremy Clarkson! Some eleven hours later we landed at San Jose and after a brief panic when one of my bags was temporary lost we met our amazing guide for the next 19 days, Paco, and our wonderful driver, Rodrigo. A short coach ride through San Jose took us to our base for the next two nights, Hotel Bougainvillea in the outskirts of the capital city. I’ll talk a lot about Costa Rica and its birding delights in subs...
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