Written by Kim
We took a small group tour with Lucky Tours today that was organized by Bev, a Canadian woman we met on Facebook. It was only 6 of us in a van driven by Robert. The tour was good and took us to a few stops. Our first stop was the obligatory extra stop at the banana plantation. This is common for Caribbean tour where the driver must get a commission to take you to a stop with souvenirs and usually chocolate or coffee to buy. Luckily it wasn’t a high pressure sell. We walked through a small banana plantation.
Our second stop was Coahuila National Park. We arrived in light rain. When you arrive you must sign a book and are asked to give a donation. We gave $5 each to walk through the rainforest.
Part of the trail was boardwalks but most was a bit of a muddy mess with big puddles due to the rain,
We saw some sloths and monkeys along the way but I think man6 animals were hunkered down as the rain got harder.
The rainforest was right along the side of the beach
Our last stop was a ride in the canal. Our boat driver, , was very good at spotting wildlife (and it stopped raining for the most part only 1 shower).
The canal was busy with tourist boats and some local fishermen.
I don’t think we saw the prettiest part of Costa Rica on the Atlantic Ocean side
As we were preparing to leave they called 4 names who weren’t onboard but we saw a last minute runner so we suspect that 3 passengers missed the ship. Shortly after we left we turned around to go back to port for a medical emergency,. Someone on FB said they allowed the 3 passengers who missed the ship to board when they took the passenger with medical emergency off, Phew!
We had dinner at Giovanni’s. We were very disappointed with the service. The server actually scolded me for asking for plates for our meat and cheese board and told me to just wait a second. Good thing i didn’t want a second glass of wine because I never could ask. My chicken was nice and hot but very dry. It was one of the worst specialty restaurant experiences. Our service is in the MDR is ten times better. Come on Royal we’re paying extra for this.
The show tonight was a Holland juggler. He was very good – he has several Guinness World Records. Alex enjoyed part of the show then a nice after dinner nap.
Tomorrow’s port is Panama, Until then…..
