In the Skytram. Sharmila Roy is harnessed up to hang on to the zip line. I was there to make sure she did not weasel out 🙂

Our companion for coffee this morning… — with Sharmila Roy at The Springs Resort and Spa, Costa Rica.

Girls ready to trot away…. — at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica.

Room with a view… — at The Springs Resort and Spa, Costa Rica.

The girls wasted no time in getting into the natural springs… The 18 spas get heated by a vein of the Arenal volcano running just under us… — at The Springs Resort and Spa, Costa Rica.

It is called a rainforest for a reason… — at The Springs Resort and Spa, Costa Rica.

On the top of Cambroneros mountains. This is Pan American Highway – we had taken this same highway in Peru as well as Chile! I am told you can drive on this highway from southern tip of Chile all the way to San Francisco – provided you figured out how to cross the Panama Canal!

Yesss!!! Sharmila likes Herradura area as much as Zapaillar in Chile and is willing to consider settling down here instead of Zapaillar. As she pointed out, it is only 4 hours of flight instead of 9 to Atlanta.

Next few years Thanksgiving will be in Guatemala followed by Jamaica, Miami and then Valdosta, Georgia. If you get the drift, by 2018 I will have her convinced to just stay put in Atlanta 🙂

Settling down for a typical Costa Rican dinner “Casado”. As close to “thali” as it gets!!!

Somebody hit the bar early…