Costa Rica, heaven on earth! Where to start, our two weeks in Costa Rica were like nothing I have ever experienced before. The nature was astounding and the ethos of the country is super, they are certainly trying to preserve their animals and plants. I am so grateful to our wonderful son for taking us and for our wonderful daughter who stayed behind to care for my menagerie. After the shocking year we have endured as a family, it was truly magical. I have a zillion photographs and enough memories to last forever. I think you probably all know by now how much I love snakes and seeing them in the wild is probably my favourite activity in life! We spent the first part of the holiday touring around different areas and the last five days on the beach. We did three night walks and many daytime walks with guides. It turns out that our son is great at spotting snakes! We saw an Eyelash viper, baby boa, bright green pit viper, Vine snake and several others. We saw lots of stick insects on the ...