Halloween 2005
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By popular demand, a close up.
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Griffey (Zorro sleeping in background) and me working away.
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My cat goes for a walk everyday with the dog and me. Can Martha train her cat? It's a good thing.
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The Martha of West Chester. Yes, I grew these in my front yard. You should, too.
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Emily and Jake
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Nice trench. Can you say Blue Max.
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Mary hitting the bar scene with the young men!!!
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since I stay in San Jose so frequently at the same hotel, the manager was very pleased that I was bringing my espousa (wife) so he had flowers and sushi sent to the room for Mary the day of arrival
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plantains hanging from the ceiling of the restaurant waiting to ripen, they are pan fried after ripe to the point of black, very sweet and good, served with the main course typically
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getting ready for Friday night dinner, these guys love to have their picture taken
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my favorite item in Costa Rica, local coffee made in a sock, very traditional and typical
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Mary's Friday night dinner. note the plate is a piece of wood with a replaceable bannana leaf for that special touch of cleanliness. Chicken, tortilla, beans, salsa
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typical winter season evening rain, Mary looking out of the restaurant, no windows, doors, just a roof
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my bride
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local flowers
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flowers at the hotel, taking a walk before leaving for the wedding
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Gerardo, the groom, on left, with his best man waiting for the bride to arrive
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the church
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Gerardo and his parents
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the ring bearers
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the ring bearers
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Sonja and her parents
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Gerardo and Sonja after the ceremony
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coming out of the church, notice the fog, it is mid day and this is really what it looked like
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the town of the wedding and reception in Costa Rica, outside of San Jose about 45 minutes
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Gerardo and Karl
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mariachi playing at the reception
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traditional mariachi show up for the wedding
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The money dance. You pin money on the bride and groom. Gerardo and Mary
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a great picture of Sonja during one of the dances
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Gerardo and Sonja after the money dance
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Gustavo, Lilly, Karl and Mary at the end of the evening
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leaving the parking lot to ride about a mile into the rain forest, a tractor pulled this wagon
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a rain forest stream
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a rain forest stream
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walking across a bridge thru the rain forest on the way to the tram
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a perspective of the size, if this guy were to live, a large butter fly would emerge. He won't live per the tour guide due to wasp larva.
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full view
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close up of this caterpiller, notive the white eggs on the face, about 1/32 of an inch large. They are wasp eggs which will hatch and burrow into the caterpiller. They will feed off the fat and keep the it alive for as long as possible before feeding off the internal organs causing the caterpillar to die. This guy has about 2 days of life left.
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a rain forest beetle, nice background
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a view from the tram, really just lots of green and a quite slow ride
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notice the wire that carried the tram
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the tram we rode in across the top of the canopy of the rain forest
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high above the rain forest, these trees are about 150 ft tall
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sorry picutre is a bit out of focus, but this guy is about 12 inches long and poisonous, just sitting on a leaf getting some sun
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snake, pic 1 of 3, big guy, about 5 ft long and pretty big around, maybe 3 inches
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snake, pic 2 of 3
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snake, pic 3 of 3
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carpenter ants, these guys are about 1/8 inch long, used the macro feature on the camera to capture these pictures
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