Paradise Regained!

Jim told most of what went on at Barcelo. My paradise WAS regained with the luxury, the pampering, the mattress & the air conditioning. We had icicles on our noses at night because we had it set so cold! Unfortunately, the human body does NOT store up coolness for later use! Lots of good food (oink), sun, reading & 'slothing.' A little added bonus was that I made $90 out of $10 on the slots in the casino! I'm really a big spender! We immediately cashed it in so we would have 'something for our investment!' A few more pix:

The beach (not so pretty, but the
scenery around it was)














Slothing




Big Tex






2 of our friends,
Iggy & Guana.
Not my favorite
species, but what
can I say? We
were outnumbered!
And these guys
reportedly often
'stand' on their
hind legs, then
run up the tree!
Also, they are often
called Jesus lizards
because they can also run on top of the water!
I thought it best to give them as much space
as they wanted, particularly since they tended to travel in herds!



















I regret that I didn't get any shots of the gorgeous/noisy scarlet macaws in the trees. Planned to after our horseback ride ('walk'!)), but it was pouring rain by then! Also, I wanted to photograph the Costa Rica Pothole Gran Prix on the road in front of the resort (another one of those Costa Rica 'paradoxes'). I did not because I was too busy pounding on Jim's arm & screaming "slow down" and clutching the dashboard with white knuckles while we raced along 3 cars abreast on a narrow 1.5 lane road! Besides that, I commenced to praying when we saw a couple of cars disappear into the worst of the holes and were never seen again! (kidding!)... but it was definitely Mr. Toad's Wild Ride! Hasta luego, amigos!