Archive for October, 2015

Trip #12

Our Twelfth Trip to Costa Rica November 17 to 24th, 2007 First Day (11/17/08) This trip started off for me in two ways; first, my girlfriend Anne was traveling with me and second, we were coming in from Panama where we had just spent a week. Our trip from Panama City was only an […]
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Trip #11

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Our Eleventh Trip to Costa Rica May 5th to 12th, 2007 First Day (Saturday 05/05/07) My flight left Miami International at 12:45 PM; this made it easy to get to the airport from the Keys without a lot of traffic and time to spare. After going though the usual maze, I […]
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Trip #10

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Our Tenth Trip to Costa Rica May 6 to 13th. 2006 First Day (Saturday 05/06/06) My flight didn’t leave Miami International until 8:35 PM. With the daylight saving time that would put us in Coast Rica on the ground around 9:00 PM, CR. time. I met Billy at the gate an […]
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Trip #09

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Our Ninth Trip to Costa Rica November 12 to 19th, 2005 The Day Before (Friday 11/11/05) Around 11 AM, I was just getting on the International Highway heading into San Jose after dropping off four of my high school Fraternity Brothers. We had just spent a week of some […]
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Trip #08

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Our Eighth Trip to Costa Rica May 10 to 17th. 2005 First Day (Tuesday 05/10/05) Up early, had a bite to eat, did a little last minute packing, went over my check off list. Everything seemed in order Then it’s time to haul my heavy suitcase downstairs and into the car. […]
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Trip #07

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Our Seventh Trip to Costa Rica November 7 to 16th. 2004 This was our seventh trip to Costa Rica as a herping tour and I’m happy to say there was something different about this trip. My wife Helen was able to come along with us. On the prior trips she […]
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Trip #06

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Highlights of Trip 6 Nov 11th to 18th, 2003 This trip started off looking like it was going to be a piece of cake. Me being the eternal optimist I occasionally let my mind overload my backside. Why should today be any different after all I only have 3 people going […]
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Trip #05

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Highlights of Trip 5 April 29th to May 6th, 2003 It felt like I just walked into my home away from home. “Don Jim, como esta? Muy bien, y tu?” We had just arrived at the Hotel Villa Lapas, after shaking hands with all the familiar faces and after checking […]
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Trip #03

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Highlights Trip 3 May 14th to 21st. 2002 This trip started out a little different. This time we all didn’t meet in Miami as in past trips. We had Pete fly in to Costa Rica directly from New Jersey and Mark came through Dallas and met us in Costa Rica. I […]
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Trip #2

Hiss ‘n’ Things, LLC. Highlights of Trip 2 Highlights: November 6th. 2001 Trip. As things turned out the trip was in serious doubt since Sept.11, 2001. The day has changed things thought out the world and our trip was no exception. As we approached the Nov. 6th departure date we had the trip fully booked […]
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