Weekend Flashback | Costa Rica

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August 21, 2011

 Last weekend I promised that if people were interested I would upload pictures to the blog of old trips we’ve taken. Well, it seems you all don’t mind that most of these photos were taken on a point and shoot camera before being a professional photographer was ever a twinkle in my father’s eye. Or something like that.

Seba and I traveled to Costa Rica when we were wee little muffins, many many moons ago in 2006. We took advantage of a free stopover in Costa Rica on our way back from Santiago to Miami (on the lovely Taca Airlines. Now, you couldn’t pay me to fly them. But in those days I was far less concerned with my life than I was with money).

Costa Rica was insanely beautiful. We couldn’t have found better national parks and waterfalls even if we were on Lanzarote Holidays. These particular photos were from a hike we did in a forest filled with monkeys.

Yeah. That’s actually all I remember :) There were wild little monkeys all over the place. I have no clue where we actually were, but I do know it was a national park. Helpful, I know.

Even though this water was super blue, I was actually kind of freaked out to go in just because there was nobody else around and I had no clue how deep the pool was or what kind of fish/insects/scary things might be lurking below the surface. Seba didn’t get in. He doesn’t like to swim. Me, get me near a body of water, and before you can say, “Hey Ky…” you’ll be feeling the spray of my splash on your skin as I cannonball in.


I thought I was kind of badass since I was swimming out in the middle of nowhere in a waterfall we’d hike to with no other human beings visible. But really, that rock I was standing on was so slimy with moss that I screamed and jumped off the second Seba was done taking the picture.

I remember thinking how fat I looked when I saw this photo right after it was taken. Now I would cut off my left nut to be in that good of shape again. I don’t actually have a left nut, but you get the idea of the level of sacrifice I’d be willing to make :)

 

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  1. Your bikini is quite fetching as well. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of myself past or present in a bikini in which I think I look nice.

    That’s basically all I remember from trips too = we went somewhere and their were ferns and a lizard. :)

    Comment by Deidre — August 21, 2011 @ 2:59 am

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    • Why thank you madame. And are you sure about that. Hindsight always seems to make bikini pics better :)

      And yay for bad memories and fun trips :)

      Comment by Kyle — August 21, 2011 @ 7:06 pm

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  2. @Deidre – I can totally relate to this: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of myself past or present in a bikini in which I think I look nice.” :)

    Lovely pics, Kyle. Thanks for sharing!

    Comment by Jodi Henderson — August 21, 2011 @ 4:28 am

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  3. Rio Celeste was so worth the hike! Kudos for jumping in :)

    Comment by Amanda @ Ruffled — August 21, 2011 @ 4:38 am

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    • Ahhh, you know the name?! Amazing, thanks!

      Comment by Kyle — August 21, 2011 @ 7:06 pm

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  4. My guess was that you were in Manuel Antonio, in Costa Rica. It is indeed a national park, and there are a ton of monkeys in that area.

    Comment by Dennis Pike — August 21, 2011 @ 7:36 am

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    • You could most definitely be right Dennis, that sounds very familiar. You’re a genius! You must have a good memory. Jealous :)

      Comment by Kyle — August 21, 2011 @ 7:09 pm

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  5. These are some gorge pics! Love that you swam under the waterfalls– you are total bad ass :)

    Comment by Charu — August 21, 2011 @ 9:05 am

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    • Haha, I wouldn’t go that far. I stepped out of the waterfall and got bit by a giant ant and starting freaking out. Not very bad ass like :P

      Comment by Kyle — August 21, 2011 @ 7:10 pm

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  6. Jajaja me encantan los detalles del viaje! :) algún dia tengo q ir a costa rica. About the body, i feel the same way when i see old pics. We never enjoy our bodies and we r always wishing for something else. Depronto en 10 anos quisieramos estar Como estamos ahora!! Jajaja besos

    Comment by Cata — August 21, 2011 @ 11:56 am

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    • We can’t we love ourselves the way we are!? So silly that we can’t appreciate what we have in the moment. I’m working on that…

      Comment by Kyle — August 21, 2011 @ 7:10 pm

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      • me too… it is stupid and we know it and we still do it… un siquiatra urgente!!! :) )

        Comment by Catalina — August 22, 2011 @ 7:23 pm

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  7. The color of the water is gorgeous and I think swimming under that waterfall is pretty badass. Ugh I do the same thing with old pics – I didn’t like the way I looked at the time but now looking back I wish I still looked that way. You look great though!

    Comment by Laura — August 21, 2011 @ 7:57 pm

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  8. You look beautiful and blissful in both of those shots. And I hear you on cutting one’s left nut to look the way she did in photos three years ago. I think we all do it? You look beautiful, both in these photos and now!

    Comment by Roxanne — August 24, 2011 @ 3:07 pm

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  9. Very Nice Photos!I hope i can go there soon too!. Pura Vida!

    Comment by RedPalmVillas — September 3, 2011 @ 12:58 pm

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  10. Nice Photos!! Pura Vida!

    Comment by RedPalmVillas — September 3, 2011 @ 12:59 pm

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  11. Fat? Are you crazy, girl. You look gorgeous.

    And these pictures are still really great … You guys clearly have natural talent in you to get the most out of a point and shoot. :)

    Comment by Ceri — September 7, 2011 @ 4:30 pm

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