Driving Along the Highway in Costa Rica

The river, land, and trees, with distant mountains and valleys visible (along 
with cloudy skies).

As I drove along the highway in Costa Rica, it occurred to me what a beautiful, and at times rugged, country this is. The terrain can be breathtaking. This is especially true for the sunsets. I was never up early enough to witness the sunrises. With so many tropical rainforests, the afternoons were almost always cloudy and rainy. But in the mornings, and at other times, when the sun came out, Costa Rica was even more breathtaking. Here, I photographed the river, land, and trees, with distant mountains and valleys visible (along with cloudy skies). I wish to be back there, back to a time and place where I could roam the outdoors. As an outdoorsy person with a camera in tow, I could plan to travel for hours and hours on any given day. Costa Rica is a large country with vast areas best to see on foot. I feel I could never see it all. That is a part of the appeal and charm of the country. I would never tire of Costa Rica. The country has many different climates. Costa Rica offers different locations of rainforests, beaches, mountains and volcanoes, estates (coffee bean production) and valleys, gardens, river tours, and city-life in an all-in-one, best package I have ever combined. I visited all of these locations. The shopping and tourist areas remain for the visitor that is not such an avid outdoors-man or woman. Those were enjoyable places as well with impressive architecture of locally popular churches. I enjoyed every bit of what Costa Rica has to offer...

...and look forward to returning.