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Rye-based friend of Indagare, Amy Herlihy, just got back from a family vacation in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, with her husband and sons, ages 7 and 8. She writes:
“Costa Rica is a beautiful, diverse, rugged country with lots to see and do. If you go in November, as we did, be prepared for some rain (rainy season officially ends in early December). It rained nonstop for our first two days, but that didn’t stop us from taking a zip-lining tour. On sunnier days we took a horseback riding excursion at a working cattle ranch and had surf lessons. Our boys did all of it and loved every minute of it. They were rappelling down 100-foot palms, zipping along endless zip-lines with the best of the adults, riding their own horses at full gallop, and ‘hanging ten’ after a single surf lesson! They also couldn’t get enough of the monkeys who hung around our backyard. Each day at around 4:00 pm, about 15 titis (squirrel monkeys) and 10-15 white-faced monkeys would visit. As for the adults, we enjoyed...
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