Costa Rica - Part 2!

I'm so relaxed that I'm not even going to try coming up with a humorous title.  At our mountain home overlooking the Arenal volcano.  Pretty hard to beat this morning coffee view. Our cups are handmade out of wood and Costa Rican coffee is so good.  Next time you have a Starbucks coffee, chances are it's Costa Rican.  A great way to start our busy days.

We braved the oncoming traffic to go hiking in the rain forest.

Stopped to say hello to this Coatimundi who worked one of the "intersections" on our road. 

 The Coati is a raccoon-like omnivore, but is more slender and possesses a longer snout. It is a nosy, busy little creature with an insatiable appetite. 

 This hike was 1.5 hours long through the rain forest with lots of suspended bridges.  Did not see anything more than a few little lizards.  In fact we've only seen one mosquito, but lots of little sugar ants if you leave a morsel on the counter!

 On this day we hiked through the lava rock below the volcano totally different from the rain forest.

We saw these berries several times and they look delicious but I'm reading the Hunger Games trilogy (thanks Marg!) and remember they could kill me.

I've been doing really well staying on Plan for the most part, eating Power Foods only...beer is a Power Food in Costa Rica.  But this outdoor BBQ grill is our favourite spot!  This is dinner for two- Roasted Pork, Ribs, Rib Eye steaks, Chicken Fajitas and Grilled Plantain.  Then each person gets a plate with salad, banana chips (yummy!!!) Yuca (like a potato, gave it to Scott) and 1 tortilla shell.  So it is a Plan meal, just an Atkins Plan meal.  But, as you can see, no sweets!

But look how happy I am!!  The beer is only 3 points...well 6 because I had two.