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Hiking
When hiking, always stay on the trail. Bring plenty of water.
We normally recommend at least 2- quarts for moderate hikes.
It is best to wear light, long pants and shirts to minimize
your exposure to both sun and insects. Good hiking boots are
important.
Phone & Communications:
The closest public phone is Bahia Esmeralda Lodge inside the
white gate. They have a pay phone. Next are phones in Puerto
Jimenez. There’s an Internet cafe there as well.
We use marine band VHF radios for most of our communication.
We have one in the barn you can use. Here are some neighbors
and local business's channels to contact them.
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Name
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Location
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VHF Channel
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| Alfa Romeo Air Charter |
Puerto Jimenez |
09
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| Bahia Esmeralda |
Matapalo |
88
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| Base Jimenez, Isabel |
Puerto Jimenez |
09
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| Casa Orquidea |
Rio Esquinas |
68
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| Crocodile Bay |
Puerto Jimenez |
77
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| Dolphin Quest |
Rio Esquinas |
69
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| El Tigre Market |
Puerto Jimenez |
09
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| Encanta la Vida, Brian's |
Matapalo |
10
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| Ferry to Golfito |
Puerto Jimenez |
90
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| Finca Cerro Osa |
Cerro Osa |
81
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| Finca Tamales, Bob's |
Rio Tamales |
10
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| Jeff Lantz |
Puerto Jimenez |
10
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| Lapa Rios |
Upper Matapalo |
73
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| Lookout Inn, Terry's |
Carate |
09
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| Luna Lodge |
Carate |
09
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| Osa Natural |
Puerto Jimenez |
14
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| Remanso, Joel &
Belen's |
Upper Matapalo |
08
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| Resbalosa |
Upper Matapalo |
08
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| Taboga |
Puerto Jimenez |
12
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| Taxi, Mesen Bros. |
Puerto Jimenez |
10
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| Tierra de Milagros |
Matapalo |
08
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| Tres Palmas, George
& Lisa's |
Upper Matapalo |
10
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| Tres Pescados,Mike
& Katie |
Matapalo |
77
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| Van, Toucan Tierra |
Matapalo |
63
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| Bosque del Cabo: Cabo
Matapalo |
Cabo Matapalo |
09
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Photography:
film:
Professionals tend to shoot slow ASA films. They might use either
Kodachrome 64 or Velvia 50. It's slow film and the light saturates
it and you get really rich color. Ektachrome only comes as slow
as 100. They're both slide film. You shoot slides and then when
you want to print you pick the best ones and you get an 4x5
inner negative made and they print from that.
camera:
the thing is that a good photographer can take a great picture
with anything, like a good guitar player can make any guitar
sound good. I have one all manual SLR camera and a great little
point and shoot with a zoom.
composition:
The only times worth shooting are in the early morning and late
afternoon. The light is coming from an angle and the air is
just filled with it. In the middle of the day there's too much
light and it just washes out everything. Try to shoot at slower
speeds to get the light into the film. Hold it steady. Concentrate
on people and smaller shots, they're more interesting, take
pictures of people you meet.
Keep the sun behind you.
The Green Flash:
On a related topic; when rays of light enter the atmosphere,
they're bent, and the amount of bending depends on the wavelengths.
The blue and green end of the spectrum is normally bent more;
the orange and red end is bent less.
The colors are separated as if by a prism.
On a hazeless, flat horizon, when the sea or land is sharply
warmer than the air, red and orange wavelengths vanish, leaving
green and blue dominant. The Sun's disc briefly flashes green.
