Erin & Bradley fly Chicago to San Jose Costa Rica

Departing Flight: Wednesday, Dec 22 Total travel time: 6hrs 20 mins #37Y061
2:00pm Depart - Chicago-Ohare, IL (ORD) #457 Change Planes in Houston Bush, TX (IAH) 4:41 - 5:45
9:17pm Arrive - San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO)

Lodging: Hotel Aranjuez - Reserved Phone (506) 256-1825 | USA & Canada calls (1-877) 898-8663
Street 19, Av. 11 y 13, 200 m. north, 200 m West and 25 m South of the Santa Teresita Church.

Explore San Jose area

went to Spirogyra Butterfly garden, Mercado Central, Cemetery, Tin Jo for dinner.

Mom and Dad Orlando to San Jose, then shuttle to Ricon de Vieja Volcan

Flight: Martinair #1631 Leaves Orlando at 11:30am and arrives in San Jose at 2:30pm
On December 24, 2004 the Sunrise will be at 5:50 AM and the Sunset will be at 5:22 PM

Lodging: Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin Phone: (506) 666-8075 • Office: (506) 442-2818

Ricon de Vieja Volcan

Rincón de la Vieja National Park has been created in 1973 to protect the flora, fauna and watersheds around Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. The park extends over 14,083 hectares of semi-deciduous forest and very moist forest, and includes a barren, rocky terrain at altitudes that range from 650 meters to 1,916 meters above sea level on the Caribbean and Pacific sides of the Guanacaste Volcanic Mountain Range. The climate in this national park is so diverse that areas with a severe dry season lasting 4 or 5 months are immediately followed by others, near the summit or on the Caribbean side, where there is constant rainfall, which gives rise to a forest mass rich in epiphytes. The differences in altitude and climate play an important role in the distribution of the flora and fauna. There are three stories of vegetation: that of the lowlands found between 650-1,200 meters above sea level where typical growth includes masicaran, bitter wood, ear tree, gumbo-limbo and Spanish cedar; that of the intermediate zone at 1,200-1,400 meters above sea level with didymopanax, yellow man wood, yos and especially, cupey, which sometimes forms almost pure groves that are completely twisted out of shape by the raging winds; and that of the heights at 1.400 meters above sea level as far as the summit with low-growing forest and highly branched trees laden with moss and other vines and creepers. More Info on the Park: Costa Rica Travel Mag :: Travel Website

Lodging: Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin

Ricon de Vieja Volcan

Activities: Explore Volcanonic Areas- Hang out in hot springs - visit a mud pot??

Lodging: Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin

Monteverde Cloud Forest

Activities: 7:30AM - shuttle to Monteverde - explore area.

Lodging: Hotel Arco Iris Lodge - RESERVED Tel: (+506) 645 50 67

Monteverde Cloud Forest

Activities: Frog Pond open 9am-8:30pm, Butterfly Garden

Lodging: Hotel Arco Iris Lodge - RESERVED

Monteverde Cloud Forest

Activities: Tour Monteverde National Park - butterfly garden, hike park -

Lodging: Hotel Arco Iris Lodge - RESERVED

Monteverde to San Jose

Activities: 7am Shuttle to San Jose stopping at La Paz River Waterfalls and Hummingbird Gallery
Lodging: Hotel Don Carlos http://doncarloshotel.com/

San Jose - Explore City

Lodging: Hotel Don Carlos

We all leave San Jose
Mom and Dad: Return Flight: LV San Jose 6:30am AR Orlando 10:30am
Erin and Bradley Return Flight: LV San Jose 7:40am AR Chicago Total travel time: 6hrs 36 mins  
7:40am Depart - San Jose (SJO) #1101 Change Planes in Houston Bush, TX (IAH) 11:23 -
1:07pm 3:42pm Arrive - Chicago-Ohare, IL (ORD) #146