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One foot off the plane and I knew I was in love with Costa Rica. This was the place ? the beginning and sometime the ending ? to my travels in Central America. First things first, get myself out of the airport.

My journey is tentatively planned to last for a year, traveling in Central America. And that is it. No detailed itineraries or set dates. All I want is to enjoy daily adventures, start to speak Spanish and enjoy what this country offers. To clarify, it offers every kind of bio-diversity possible. After 48 hours in San Jose, I was ready for something more and hopped on a bus to the pacific coast.

If you like to spend a morning in the mountains and then the afternoon at the beach, know its possible in Costa Rica. I arrived happily in Santa Teresa, the sun and waves were the perfect welcoming agents. I lived at peace for two weeks on the beach. Doing only two things: reading and surfing.

On the last page of my fourth book I decided it was time for another Costa Rican destination. The idea is to cover Central America in a year, at this rate it might take longer. Some fellow travelers recommended the Monteverde/Santa Elena area for my next adventure. After a day traveling on buses, taxis and a ferry I arrived once again in the mountains.

Two weeks was the perfect amount of time for me in Santa Teresa before I started to get the travel itch again. A few of the locals suggested my next destination to be Monteverde/Santa Elena. With nothing to lose, I packed up, spent the day twisting up and down mountains on a bus and arrived with energy in Monteverde.

Before I left the states my family and friends offered up a variety of contacts in Costa Rica. And by luck, there was one in Monteverde. I woke up early in my hotel and decided to test my inner GPS. I was off to find this connection.

My family and friends were generous enough to share their Costa Rican contacts with me before I took off. My feeling was that having a connection to someone in the country could not hurt. Luckily, there was one contact in Monteverde. All I had to do was use my simple Spanish to find directions.

They said the boutique hotel was up the mountain, so I laced up my hiking shoes and started up. Happily dreaming about what luxury tree houses really are and if this person would be able to find our mutual link. I could not stop thinking Tree houses, really? Yes, tree houses!? I wondered what life was like inside.I soon found out after I stepped foot into Hidden Canopy Tree house Boutique Hotel. To imagine, start dreaming of a place hidden on the side of a mountain offering views of the Gulf of Nicoya. Yes, it took my breath away. I stood speechless until asked to resume the tour. Wow, this can?t be real.

I spent hours curiously checking out all four tree houses. It took but two seconds to know this was the place to spend any vacation in Costa Rica. Luxury, privacy, flora and fauna right outside the window, how is this possible? Each tree house was individually designed; I fell in love with Eden for its Jacuzzi and the walk through waterfall shower. A waterfall shower, how had my day-dreams missed this? And now, afternoon tea on the patio, it keeps getting better!

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