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Transportation: An airplane is the most efficient way in
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  • Written by zrim on Jan 12, 2004
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    Getting TO/AROUND: Tortuguero is isolated on the northeast coast of Costa Rica. It can be reached by land travel to Limon and then a two and a half hour boat trip upriver. However, that will mean afull day's transportation from San Jose. The flight time is under an hour. If time is more valuable than money, then I'd suggest flying in to Tortuguero.

    On our flight I was given the opportunity to be the co-pilot. As you can see in this photo, I was helping the pilot navigate to the tiny grass runway between the Caribbean on the right and the Tortuguero River on the left.

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    Transportation: With Zrim as your co-pilot
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  • Written by zrim on Jan 20, 2004
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    • Tortuguero - this is your co-pilot speaking.....
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    Getting TO/AROUND: This was "my" panel of instruments.

    I kept my hands as far away from the controls as possible. Absolutely no curiosity whatsoever about the function of any particular switch or guage.

    Just please, land this thing in one piece.

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    balhannah Mon Oct 20, 2008 22:54 UTC
     You got to see a lot of different animals, great to see them in the wild.    		Lunaina Thu May 1, 2008 20:20 UTC
     Wow, such beautiful pictures of those birds and animals! Great! That is a why I would love to go to Costa Rica also!
    LuisGuimaraes Sun Sep 2, 2007 03:01 UTC
     nice page and tips. i am heading there tomorrow, overland. but first I have to reach San Jose - bus from Managua leaves at 4 am! do u know if it is common to see the turtles nest?    		windsorgirl Sun Jul 1, 2007 19:23 UTC
     Love all your animal/bird pics. You seem like a real nature lover like myself. thanks for sharing!
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