We landed in Nosara a week ago, almost to the hour. To commemorate our week in the jungle, the gringo lovin' blog offers a look at that epic flight. Below we are walking out on the tarmac to hop on the "puddle jumper" leaving San Jose for Nosara. They have pretty stringent weight limits for such a small plane, and we paid mightily (in Costa Rican terms) for our overweight luggage.
We were flying lowing enough to have a consistent view of the Costa Rican landscape throughout the flight.
We landed at the Punta Islita on the way to Nosara. The Punta Islita tarmac is gravel, and right on the beach. The above picture was taken from the plane! During this harrowing landing, it felt as if we were going to land on the beach. As the tarmac was one-way and this close to the beach, the takeoff was as nerve-racking as the landing. If the pilot didn't take off soon enough, we were headed directly into the drink.
This picture was taken just before we landed in Nosara. The center "city" of Nosara is quite small. Notice the condition of the roads. If you want to get anywhere in Nosara during the rainy season, you have to accept a certain degree of muddiness.
We were flying lowing enough to have a consistent view of the Costa Rican landscape throughout the flight.
We landed at the Punta Islita on the way to Nosara. The Punta Islita tarmac is gravel, and right on the beach. The above picture was taken from the plane! During this harrowing landing, it felt as if we were going to land on the beach. As the tarmac was one-way and this close to the beach, the takeoff was as nerve-racking as the landing. If the pilot didn't take off soon enough, we were headed directly into the drink.
This picture was taken just before we landed in Nosara. The center "city" of Nosara is quite small. Notice the condition of the roads. If you want to get anywhere in Nosara during the rainy season, you have to accept a certain degree of muddiness.
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