Looking for a fun family outing? La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Varablanca, Costa Rica has recently reopened after the  earthquake that hit the area last January.  This is an adventure you don't want to miss. Just 45 minutes north of San Jose, you enter another world as you wander the trails of La Paz Waterfall Gardens. You will pass by (and be sprayed by) the five waterfalls that line the trail. There are countless photo opportunities throughout the trail.

While you are at La Paz, the absolute must-see of the tour is the on-site laboratory for breeding butterflies. You will see butterflies in all different stages of development. If you are lucky, you may even witness a caterpillar emerge from the cocoon a beautiful butterfly. There are more than 4,000 butterflies in the observatory at any one time- it is absolutely spectacular the first time you see a blue morpho butterfly up close!

We set out 2 lines throughout the day with about a 1000 hooks and chunks of sardine as bait. This was an interesting experience. When we put out a line we would let it sit for an hour or so as we prepared bait for the next line. At the end of the day we caught about 20 kilograms in snapper and 7 kilos in various other fish. This is not my favourite way to fish but we had a good time. The ocean was calm and the weather was perfect, which was good because I tell you those sardine sure stink. To fish in this manner you stay close to shore where no reef is located. Some days they catch almost nothing and others they can catch up to 100 kilograms. This is commercial fishing and my hands and arms learned that this is tiring work.
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