Oh my gosh!
(Matt screaming in terror)
(Phoebe laughing manically)
Hey you guys, Phoebe here from Little Grey Box with Matt behind the camera and today we
are in Costa Rica because we are continuing our 15 day adventure with the
guys at Intrepid Travel
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To help you travel well we're gonna be sharing all of our experiences and
travel tips along the way you guys so if you don't already be sure to subscribe
and say hello in the comments below Now if you missed the last two videos from
our Costa Rica series go and watch those and then come back here so you are all caught up
So we left La Fortuna and caught a bus, a boat and another bus
right here the Monteverde, now we are getting stuck straight into it with activities starting with a horse trek
Be careful, you go on different horses
I not recommend that you go behind the horses normally the horses kicking
but my horses no kicking
I have a siesta for me here
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This is something we've done independently through Horse Trek Monteverde and it costs USD$49
per person with a pick-up and drop-off back at our hotel and it's been about
two and a half-hour ride so it's incredibly good value for money
more importantly than that the animals are so healthy
they are so happy there's no bit so there's no metal piece in their mouths
they are beautiful animals and this has been one of the most enjoyable rides I
have ever, ever done I ten out of ten recommend
For our first dinner in Monteverde, Eddie our guide has brought us to a place called Restaurante de Thomas
Now you guys the food here looks amazing
these guys have got some amazing tuna steaks that look perfectly cooked
They're not saying much so that means they're enjoying it because
there's a lot of silence going on over that side of the table
For me I have got some veggie fajitas...
mmmm it's really good
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So this morning we are still here in Monteverde of course and
we are doing something really really fun we're at a 100% Adventura and we're
about to do the zipline experience. You guys this is beautiful Lise she is on our tour with us
Now Lise... how old are you?
I'm 7
and Lise is going ziplining today
Why? What made you think I have to do this?
It's always been on my bucket list yeah and especially in Costa Rica, yeah
Absolutely... there's no better place to do it right?
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I'm as nervous as a pregnant nun but I'm going anyway
I'm not going to let common sense or fear stand in my way
Geoff, thoughts?
Ahhh... if I don't come back the whiskey's in the fridge
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Likewise, really looking forward to this
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We have no whiskey in the fridge
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Oh just great, just finished the Tarzan swing and it was bloody awesome you step
off the platform, it's a freefall then way out over the rainforest and back
the best event by far
Had a bit of partying last night but I'm all woke up now let me tell ya!
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That was so much fun oh my goodness if you come here you have to do that
by far the best zipline I have ever done
What did you guys think?
Awesome! Really loved it.
They take such good care of you
and it's not what you think
It's very smooth and you can see everything and you feel very safe
and you had fun?
I loved it. I would do it again. Oh yeah.
Love these adventure activities we are having the best time
and we're not done yet today this afternoon we're exploring more of Monteverde
So... let's go do that
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We're in a cloud forest area some people might think that is a rare ecosystem but
actually you find in many other places in Central America normally cloud forest
happens higher than 900 meters about sea level you can find it also in certain
areas of the Black Forest in Germany according to experts also in Madagascar
in certain parts of Hawaii you know so the trees and plants involve certain
characteristics to try to catch as much as possible from the clouds
experts call that a sideways rain
Nowadays Monteverde is also known for adventure
You guys did the ziplining, you did the horseback riding so it opened
morning into... from scientific tourism you know and research into also adventure so now
ATVs, horses and many other activities but still be a very special place for
for the forest for the cloud forest ok So I can assure you amiogos we're in a
very special place you will enjoy a lot this hike it's not
as good as the lowlands to see wildlife like to spot them because there's a lot
of biodiversity but it's a little bit harder to spot the animals here
so let's walk a little bit more
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We're doing a guided tour through the amazing cloud forest here at Monteverde with
our incredible Intrepid guide Eddie the amount of knowledge he has is incredible
not just on what he can see what he can hear as well so it's really great to
have that knowledge with you because there's so much that we would miss
otherwise and so much that we just wouldn't learn along the way and this is
really worth doing this is absolutely beautiful if you've ever visited the
cloud forest in Singapore at Gardens By the Bay
It's like that but a million times better
you have all of the cloud cover I don't know if you guys can see
it I'm sure Matt's captured it but it's all cloudy and misty through here so it
doesn't just rain vertically they say it rains sideways and that's all the
moisture coming out of those clouds and everything in here is damp and mossy and
lush and green there's so much vegetation the air is so fresh and this
walk is just beautiful I'm a little bit puffed from coming up the hill but even I
can do this walk so I can you can and it's a great way to experience Costa Rica's wilderness
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We had dinner tonight at the Treehouse Restaurant and Cafe
which is right in the heart of the little town where we are saying now the
restaurant is really beautiful it has this gorgeous big tree that goes through
the middle and a spiral staircase and then the restaurant, the eating areas
kind of wrap around the middle of it there's live music and there's a really
great ambience in there Maybe if I have my time over again I
might just choose somewhere else to eat for me personally I just found my veggie
burger was maybe a little bland it could have used a bit more flavor don't let my
feelings about it discourage you you know make sure you check out that menu
because it could still be a really great fit for you
now you guys tomorrow morning we are off to Manuel Antonio, we're gonna
be going to the beach I am so excited if you guys watch this channel a lot and
you know me you know how much I love the beach I love to swim so I'm really
looking forward to that and seeing another part of Costa Rica but I gotta
be honest I am exhausted I'm sure you can tell from looking at my face I am so tired
We've had so many great adventures over
the last couple of days and it is really taking me out... taking it out of me and my
brain isn't working so we're gonna get to sleep right now and then wake up in
the morning and head out to Manuel Antonio
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Welcome to Manuel Antonio also known as Quepos
Now this place is famous for its incredible national park you guys
and that is something we are going to be exploring tomorrow
but this afternoon after a big day of travel Matt and I had one thing on our mind
and that was the beach, some cold drinks and some great food
so that is exactly what we are going to be getting stuck into
now we came down at the perfect time for sunset
We got to watch it it was really beautiful and there are some awesome beachfront bars here
Now our group are going to a place called La Cantina
and I understand from reading the menu that it's very BBQ oriented
lots of meat so it's going to be great for all of you carnivores out there
but for me, not the best fit so we are trying something else on our own and breaking out from the group
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We just had dinner here at Baldi's Fresh
Matt was asking me before how did I find this place and I forget to kind of share these...
insider travel tips with you
so all I did was I jumped on Google Maps and I had a bit of a look
at all the different restaurants that were near where we are staying
walking distance really. I knew I wanted to eat somewhere across from the beach so that
we could kind of hear the water and look at the sunset if possible then I jumped
on Tripadvisor, read some of the reviews Baldi's looked really good so my final
step was then to cyberstalk them on Instagram and not just their feed pics
but the pics they're tagged in or the geotag of the restaurant so I could see like
actual real people's photos of the food and it looked amazing so we came on down
and it absolutely delivered our server in there was so so lovely and
if I'm thinking about comparing the service we had tonight to last night at
The Treehouse there's just no comparison the guy last night just didn't want a bar
of us. The girl here she was so attentive Every time she's like 'how's your food?'
'how's it going?' 'what else can I get you?' and we said we loved what we were
eating she went inside and told the owners and you could just tell that there
was a lot of pride and what they were putting on the plate and they really
cared whether or not we were enjoying what we were eating and
that to me is what makes a great meal and that is the kind of places we like
to recommend to you
Buenos días amigos
Buenos días, buenos días
How good was that!
Alright you guys so we are going kayaking this morning
I'm really excited are you excited?
I'm really excited too yeah
What are some of the things we're gonna see today?
Ah well we... we're gonna be doing kayaking in some mangrove areas so we might see some
monkeys we might see I know ah snake lots of aquatic birds like kingfishers
egrets, herons so its a really cool place to see wildlife
besides mangroves are quite important ecosystems right
yes
Um... I was planning on
being in a double kayak with Matt and having him do all the paddling but Eddie's
just dropped the bomb that it's single kayaks
don't hate me
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This place is absolutely beautiful you guys
it is so cool it feels like we've seen Costa Rica from so many different angles
we've seen the mountains, the rainforest, the beaches and now we're down here in
the mangrove seeing it from one more angle now in terms of difficulty when we
were going the direction of the tide which was going out to the ocean it was
really easy you could just kind of float along I am not gonna lie on the way back
in it's rough going my shoulders are on fire but there's breakfast at the end so
I'm highly motivated
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This is our boat for the afternoon you guys I'm so excited
so we gonna be spending a good a couple of hours on board here we're going to be having
some lunch going snorkelling there are slides we are going to be heading out to the open water
for a swim it's gonna be sunset I think there are some boom nets, the whole crew
the whole tour group are here with us now in terms of price, I think it was around
seventy-five US dollars per person but that includes food. your activities and it
also has a bit of a bottomless drink situation going on
Weirdly beers aren't included but spirits are, I've never heard of such a thing
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Good morning you guys
Alright so as you probably saw yesterday afternoon didn't
go exactly as we had planned our beautiful sun-drenched afternoon
turned into an episode of Deadliest Catch Rain was coming in sideways it was
hectic it was not the glorious you know
sunset cruise that we were all hoping for but that is... travel
Now this morning of course we have woken up to
absolute weather perfection it is blue skies it is sunshine it is the
perfect day for the beach so we have strapped on our hiking gear we're gonna
do a two-hour hike with our superstar guide Eddie this morning and then Matt
and I have a big afternoon of beach activities planned
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Guys... this is Ron.
Ron, what is your number one tip for Costa Rica?
I don't know
there you have it, folks, he doesn't know
Don't bring smokes into the national park and if you do, hide them in the toilet?
What is your number one tip for visiting Costa Rica?
bring a raincoat
Alright that ones been taken
Dan, what's your number one tip for Costa Rica?
Make sure you bring lots and lots of money because there are so
many wonderful excursions and ways to spend it and everything's perhaps more
expensive than some other countries
So true. A good tip.
We were just walking along and
our champion spotter Lise goes 'What's that I think that blob in that tree is a sloth'
and she was right so we've seen our first sloth today here in the national park
and not only is it a sloth it's a sloth with the baby
Awwww
We have just seen out fourth sloth in the space of a matter of maybe 10 minutes
this place is just jam-packed with wildlife and as our tour guide Eddie was saying
Manuel Antonio this National Park is the number one visited National Park
in Costa Rica but that means everybody comes here
so we've had a lot of different national park experiences and I would just say they
offer different things if you don't like crowds if you don't kind of like that
push and shove and a lot of people kind of crowded around in a media scrum
trying to get a photo this may not be the best spot for you if that kind
of thing does bother you and you really want to see that wildlife you
want to be guaranteed to see a sloth and this is definitely the place for you but
just weigh those two things up personally I think I've kind of
preferred some of the other experiences we've had where it's felt more remote
and more out in nature you know places like La Fortuna was just absolutely
amazing for me so different things for different people just keep that in mind
when you're planning your itinerary and deciding where to go and what to do
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Our lunch was absolutely delicious you guys we went to a local spot near our hotel
it was so yummy really affordable and great food and great service too
So I definitely recommend. Matt and I our typical Australian sun-dodging selves
have come down late in the afternoon so we can watch the sunset with a few cold Cerveza
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Now today is a travel day for us we are catching the public local bus
from here back to San Jose with a couple of stops in the middle and our farewell dinner tonight
It is also Ron's birthday which is really exciting so we are going to be doing
a little bit of something-something for him later on
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Happy Birthday dear Ron
Happy Birthday to you!
Hip Hip Horay!
36 man!
Happy Birthday bitch!
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Mucho gusto hoe
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Make a wish
Look at this!
I get to make a wish?
Can I click my heels three times and just go home?
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You should blow out the candles
blow out the candles first?
and make a wish
I wish we all meet again
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Alright you guys that is the end of our Costa Rican adventure I hope you have enjoyed watching all three
videos we just had the best time we've had an amazing group of people here with us
its been so good getting to know each and every one of them and I hope you've
enjoyed getting to know them a little bit through these videos I also want to say
and especially huge really big heartfelt thank you to our incredible guide Eddie
the things that you guys didn't see in this video are Eddie running around
behind the scenes checking on us and making sure that we were getting some
great video content for you guys he has gone above and beyond every step of the
way I cannot thank him enough and of course a really really big
thank you to the guys at Intrepid for sending us on their Classic Costa Rica Tour
Now we're gonna have that link below and hopefully by the time you watch
this a whole bunch of blog posts too so everything you need to plan your own
amazing adventure will be linked below but for now we are going to say goodbye
because we are gonna spend another couple of days here
resting before we head off to Mexico so those videos are going to be
coming your way very very soon
Now if you do not already be sure to subscribe
right now and leave us a hello in the comments below have a great weekend you
guys and I will see you the brand new episode is next week
Love ya!
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