Climb every mountain: Mama found a jungle house up in the hills of Uvita – Morpheo eco retreat, definitely a place to visit!
The house was just as amazing as it seems, but the drive up (and down) were nerve-racking – but that was only until we (Erik) really mastered the joys of locking the wheels in 4WD and then it seemed like wed never done anything but ascend and descend steep mountains. Luckily we filled up the car for a week up there, so no need to make “short” trips down to the store a couple of hundred vertical meters below the first few days. And if the sounds in the jungle of La Carolina lodge left us feeling like listening to a sound machine on full crank, up here we felt like we were INSIDE it! Amazing – the view, the senses tingling, going to sleep with and waking up to roaring howler monkeys in the distance(or even quite close), huge Golden Orb spiderwomen hanging around in their nets and all other sounds the jungle of Uvita has to offer(the female is the big one about 7-10cm in diameter if you measure with the legs, the male about 1/4 of her size).
FTB the last part of the trip 
Getting up to the house…. “Keep calm and drive on!”
the first place with signs like this, which does indicate the real need for 4wd
Morpheo Eco Lodge, Uvita;
Sirkussaeters phy-ed class consisting of breaking personal records and competing against each others times (to those of you who have had close encounters with any Saeter-member, probably not very surprising) going up Uvitas own Kitzbuehl hill(s) ascending up to Morpheo Eco Lodge – … As always in this family, with ones own honor at stake, no one was spared (or “handed” any wins); the uphill run marked the end of the freeletics-session every afternoon.
The property has its own waterfall a short hike from the house; like living the jungle book, surprised that we didn’t bump into Mowgli or even Bagheera (ok, wrong continent, I know, but still).
Uvita had a lot of things to offer, amongst these, Marino Ballena nathional park was a must: located on the south pacific coast at the footsteps of the community’s of Uvita – Bahia Ballena, in the province of Puntarenas, Osa, Costa Rica. The park pertains to the Area of Conservation for the Osa region and was officially declared as a Marine National Park in 1989. The park is named after the Humpback whales that migrate there from mid July and October, and again in December through March from feeding and mating grounds in the north and south hemispheres to the warm tropical waters of Costa Rica; Isla Ballena (whale island) and Punta Uvita (tip of Uvita). The sandy beach and rocks of the national park forms an actual whales tail on low tide, which we were so fortunate to have in mid-view from our eco-balcony. Stunning, as its views make you feel so small. Unfortunately destiny didn’t mean for us to take in the view of the playful, beautiful, majestic whales; not knowing what the future will bring probably is a good thing, because then you are able to enjoy every moment to the fullest until destiny has it its own way…
6 days in to our stay at Morpheo in Uvita, the Norwegian government called all Norwegian citizens home. Right before this though, Erik got a new surf-friend, that happened to have his own surfboard shop making his own surfboards – Esneyder Valencia, “Colo Tico Surfboards”. So the last day of our Uvita-stay, he swapped in his old bord and bought a new, custom made, pure CR board which will be packed down with TLC and brought to Norway. He got in a couple of good rides out of it before packing it down, though. And we are most definitely coming back!
Osa Peninsula – As we realized we had to try to get home ASAP, there were no available plane tickets for travelling out of CR other than through USA until 3 days later. Since Trump had declared that no Europeans were allowed into the country or in transit a couple of days earlier, we had to wait for a chance to go through Colombia and from there directly to Europe… To us these 3 days came as a last bonus, a way to be able to take in the last of what CR has to offer for now. Not wanting to be stuck in San Jose with all the other tourists trying to get home, we decided to swing down to Osa Peninsula, which we knew was a MUST when going to CR. It was originally our main attraction on our travels to CR, and we had planned that we were going to go there for a long time about one week later(but of course, with the world as we all knew it turned up side down, we would now be in Norway by that time). What a stunning place – another paradise on earth. Waves crashing onto deserted beaches, Soundmachines on hyperalertmode – we were bumping into Howler monkeys, white faced monkeys, Toucans, Macaws, Boas, Huge groups of peccaries, white nosed coatis and green parrots everywhere we turned.
A digesting Boa…. 
“Adventure is out there, never stop exploring!”
Epilogue: As this last post is finally finished, our family has been home in Norway more than 3 weeks already, returning 3 months premature from the adventure. We escaped getting stuck in Colombia on the hurried travel home, for which we are very grateful. We hope and are determined in our hearts that we will be able to continue and finish our cut-short adventure one day when the world is once again re-opened and things slowly return towards normality. So, until then, au revoir for now and happy Easter.
EVERYTHING WILL BE
OKAY IN THE END,
IF IT´S NOT OKAY
IT´S NOT THE END.
John Lennon
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