Lupine — Christine Rains Illustration

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Lupine Wildflower • 2015

Everybody’s favorite! So elegant! So purple!

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Final Costa Rica. I promise. La Maricopa Hotel …. The setting is pretty pretty. Orchids everywhere and a local sloth and also a resident cat. Play the video of sunrise with the howling monkeys. I was sure there were dinosaurs in the park and i

Costa Rica part 3. Beautiful hotel at Arenal Volcano, I had my own casita! A very squeaky toucan was there. Monteverde Cloud Forest (day and night walks) with many bridges and tree ferns, orchids and bromeliads, and so on and so on. Our tour guide th

Manuel Antonio Park Costa Rica. Cool animals, finish with a swim in the azure ocean. So crowded! The tour guides take photos through their scopes. Said tour guides are incredible. Leaf cutter ants might be the most amazing thing I’ve seen.
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So much fun rappelling down waterfalls today! Thank you @puretrek for the just-scary-enough adventure in Costa Rica (and thanks too for the photographer) (Yes he kept telling us to smile) Loved hiking through and rappelling down the canyon.

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Poison dart frog. Mama sloth nestling her baby (you can see his hand). Giant iguana. Suspension bridge and some cool tree roots in the rain forest. Cool hand painted coffee drip gizmo at a coffee plantation we toured. Lastly… favorite Bonky do

Butterfly garden at the National Museum of Costa Rica, beautiful old architecture, a colorful market, tropical flora and a giant Coca Cola billboard to remind me to order one of the real, old fashioned sugary cokes while I’m here. Thank you to

Christine Rains Illustration • christine@christinerains.com • 503.705.6161

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