Montezuma Stories


Life is a beach at the waterfront Hotel Arenas

Life is a beach at the waterfront Hotel Arenas When we ran out of days at Hotel Luna Llena, we had to find another place to stay. Keeping in mind, we would be leaving by bus, wanted cheaper looked at the places near the "Pasada de Autobuses" or bus stop. Decided on Pension Arenas for half the price of Luna Llena. Half the price and a different ...


Pacific Sunrise, Parrots and Pizote , life at Luna Llena

Parrots and Pizote , Luna Llena Wildlife parade continues to impress and creates a sense of anticipation as to what we will see next. When we first decided to come to Luna Llena, it was because of a post Robert had read from a woman that said she saw more wildlife there than the rest of Costa Rica. We have not been disappointed either trip. Of co...


Tales from the Jungles of Costa Rica: Hiking Cabo Blanco Preserve sound set for 1950's horror movie

We decided to hike the Cabo Blanco National Park which is located near Cabuya. We had invited Gordan and Keisha to join us. We were going to catch the 8:00 a.m. bus to Cabuya to give us more time to do the hike and be back in time to catch the last bus from Cabuya at 3:30 p.m. This park is supposed to be the oldest park in Costa Rica and there is par...


Hiking in Costa Rica up the remote Rio Lajas

Third times the charm it seems and we were able to catch the 8:00 bus to Rio Lajas. We even had time to run get some bread for our sandwich at the store. Another wildlife adventure before we took off. I was fixing our breakfast and went to get Robert. He is in the room with camera in hand. What is he doing? He reached down to get his water bottle...