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 As an overall note, we were really happy with our honeymoon. Honestly, it was wonderful and one of the best weeks of our lives. You did a great job organizing things for us and we really liked the suggestions you made. Our favorite place was probably Corcovado. It was just so wonderful to be there in the middle of the rain forest with all the nature around us. The gorgeous evening sunsets combined with the best mango margaritas in the world were the perfect way to end the day after all the hiking and adventure. One night it was just the two of us and the hotel staff and we were lucky enough to have the beach for ourselves every time we went. What a wonderful place, we would go back in a heartbeat.
Next came Arenal. We enjoyed the tours to the volcano and waterfall that you recommended. The Tabacon Spa was awesome. We loved the hot water river and we are so glad we did this at night. It was just magical to go there and walk through the gardens with all the torches lit up and steaming pools. It was unlike anything we had ever experienced before. The hotel was beautiful and the service there was very good, but it wasn't really our style. It had more of a "made for U.S. tourists" feel vs. the Costa Rican feel that we enjoyed in the other places we stayed. Nonetheless, everyone there was really nice and we have no complaints. This was likely in part due from the contrast of the jungle paradise in Corcovado where we had just stayed.
We loved the Peace Lodge. What a wonderful place! We are SO glad we went there. I enjoyed catching my own trout for lunch, and the birds, animals, flowers, etc. were magnificent. We loved all the hummingbirds and we even had the chance to feed them, which was very cool. We got some amazing pictures from that day. The staff at the hotel was nice and upgraded us to a deluxe room for free. We had excellent massages here as well. We had a frog tour planned, which unfortunately was canceled because of a tremor and didn’t have enough time to hike out to the waterfall, so we would definitely like to go back to this place. The trip to Poas on the way to San Jose was well worth it. We were glad we went there early in the morning as the weather was nice and visibility was good.
We were sad to arrive in San Jose because it meant that our wonderful time in CR was almost over. We did enjoy going to the mercado central and the artisanal market further down the road. We bought a lot of really nice gifts there.
From our perspective, the honeymoon was pretty much perfect and we were really glad we went to the various locations you chose for us (thank you!). If we were to do it again, perhaps the only change we would make would be to spend only one night in Arenal (maybe at a more rustic/local type hotel) and give ourselves one extra day at the Peace Lodge to explore everything there.
Thank you again, Sylvia, for doing such a nice job with our honeymoon! If you or any future clients have any questions about the places we stayed at, feel free to direct those to us.
Thanks and take care,
Luis and Amanda
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 Hola,
Glad to hear from you. We really enjoyed our vacation in your country.
Everything was so clean and all of the people were nice and friendly ( so much different from the United States). Our vacation was perfect except for being sore from riding horses. We look forward to coming back to visit. Our favorite part of the trip was Arenal.
We also enjoyed Jorge very much. I would recommend to everyone who comes to contact you and to get Jorge for a guide. We look forward to returning to Costa Rica In the near future.
We want to thank both of you for making our vacation fantastic. We will keep in touch, and if you every come to the United States you are welcome to stay with us.
Thanks again,
Jeff and Julie Tout
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Hi Guys!
Or should I say Buenas Tardes (It's afternoon here at the moment and I'm not sure of my spelling)
Archie and I had a wonderful time...It was a truly spectacular vacation and I'm so glad that we found you as your services made it so much more enjoyable and allowed us to see so much more in just the week we spent there (we should have spent much longer). The accommodations were fantastic....particularly Hotel de Oro and The Magellan Inn. They were all beautiful places .... so beautiful in fact that we took pictures of the hotels and grounds of all three!
Archie and I enjoyed meeting both of you very much and we will definitely stay in touch. We absolutely love your country and have discussed moving there. Needless to say, we will absolutely recommend your services with all due enthusiasm. I will send you pictures as soon as we have them in digital format. I can hardly wait to see them!
Many thanks to both of you for making our trip so enjoyable!
Sincerely,
Rebecca Hayden
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This not fair Sylvia. I leave and come back to Jamaica
and all the time I intend to email you guys to say thanks
and the trip worked out very well. you beat me to the reply. Small places like
Playa Hermosa and Monte Verde were pleasant surprises.
No Senorita we have nada complaints.
And I really wish to have a great friendship with you
Tony & Helen Chen
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Hello Sylvia, Jorge,
We just wanted to thank you for a lovely trip in Costa Rica and for your kindness, our trip to Costa Rica was perfect thanks to your excellent organization.
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Hey Sylvia , we had a good time, we saw many places, thank you for a good vacation plan and kidness, we will be back in Costa Rica sooner than you think and will definately use your services again,
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Hola Sylvia & Gary
Discovery Costa Rica.. The service we had was way beyond our expectations. You do a remarkable job. We are
recomending you to every one who is going to Costa Rica. We can'not begin
to say what we think of Gary!
What a Blast! As you said , We truly have a friend in Costa Rica. Gary: You made our once in a lifetime trip fantastic!!! Sylvia: you better keep that Guy!!! We did not expect to get a private driver guide someome to drink beer with. Gary: Can you come next year? We have to at least go out for dinner with Sylvia so we can meet her. We would love to meet your little girl. She sounds charming. I hope she likes boys. Gary: Very interested in the housing development we talked about at Manueal Antonio. Is it in Escazu?
We should think of importing Imperial beer, wood work, and pottrey. It would be worth our while.
Your Friends; Lloyd Judy
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Hola Sylvia and Jorge! I am sorry it has take me so long to get back to you. Getting back to work and our routine has take some time. We had a great time in Costa Rica, and hope to come back next year. We would like to go to the Osa Peninsula next time, and do more fishing in Golfito. We are happy to give you feedback. First, let me say that Jorge was wonderful! It really was great to have someone make sure we got where we were supposed to go, and to show us things that we would probably have missed on our own.
Golfito had little to offer outside of the fishing, but that is why we chose to go there. Banana Bay was fine, food was reasonably priced and very good. Because it is run by Americans, communicating what we needed was very easy. Since they cater to fishing, they really didn't give us much information about the area. I do think there are other things to see in that area that we just didn't know about. Las Gaviotas was fine for the restaurant, but the room was really not clean. I understand that the hotel has been sold, so it is possible that the new owner will make some changes to the rooms. I would check that out before recommending the hotel to anyone.
We found the Costa Rica people to be just wonderful. Thank you so much for your help, and we love the picture that you gave us. I have a picture of Jorge that I will email you. I don't have it with me at work today.
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