Here are some pictures of our casita in Montezuma. We had Cariblanco monkeys visit us, lots of coatis, scorpions, hummingbirds, butterflies, and a tailless rodent who’s name is escaping me at the moment. (Jesse Edit: agouti) You could hear the howler monkeys off in the distance. It is a beautiful place on this planet. This […]

The girls loved horseback riding so much we did it again, this time on the beach. This trip had some high adventures including JP’s horse taking a solo journey, Jesse’s horse rolling over (while Jesse was on its back), and climbing slippery boulders up and back down the beach. At the end of the day […]

  Nothing says montezuma more than a trucker hat with “Montezuma Pura Vida” sharpied onto a hat Today we drove to Banana Beach to look for shells First we traveled over bumpy dirt roads past road cows Then past the parasol ladies To our beach cabana Rosie’s Costa Rica Face Low tide – the tide […]

Behind our cabin is the Montazuma River. Marion, Helena, and I (Jackie) hiked for an hour down to the waterfall where the girls played on the rope swing with a dozen young Italian men who kept telling me how impressed they were with the girls. They jumped from the lower waterfall (15 feet) -10 Italians […]

We found a river that goes into the ocean. The water was brackish. We played on the rope swing and enjoyed a wet morning.   Jesse had the “week off”  Beautiful sunrise from our cabin. You can almost hear all of the different birds singing and the howler monkeys greeting the early morning.   […]



After weeks of school and afternoon adventures it is time to settle back into our own routine. The kids enjoy the slower mornings and picking their own food.   Behind our cabin are waterfalls you can climb or swim in. It is the dry season so the river is pretty low key.   Our cabin […]

we are off to Montezuma. We can’t wait to see what the next week holds for us. Here are some pictures of where we have been.   This is our Flamingo Momma Tica – Iria. professor of sciences. She was wonderful.    Bye Kai! Here is where we ate lunch   Does this […]

i finally found vacation at Catalina’s in playa Dante. Marion and I body boarded, the whole family slack lined, relaxed in hammocks, ate lunch, Helena bought ice cream in spanish. It was a perfect day.    After lunch we poked around before heading home for our last night in Playa Flamingo  

here are some pictures of our teachers this last week. The girls loved this last week of school.   Here are some art projects the girls made this week  I made good friends with Dr. Suzanne Starling. We went on a lot of grand adventures together. I’m sad to see her return state side […]