Our Trip to Playa Potrero

Our trip to Playa Potrero from San Jose started with a bit of a false start when I woke us up an hour early (at 3:30 a.m. no less) after not setting my clock properly.  Upon arriving at the airport, we got a quick lesson in why Nature Air [http://www.natureair.com/] is the greenest airline on earth.

While checking in, Kate and I were told that we were limited to one checked bag and one carry-on.  After a bit of luggage juggling, we made this work.  Though still not entirely clear what their policies were, before paying for our trip, Kate and I were each placed on the scale, and eventually told that our luggage (and our bodies?) was 50 pounds too heavy, thus subjecting us to a fine.  One fog-related flight delay later, we met our aircraft, and as soon as we were up in the air, my annoyance with Nature Air was immediately gone.

Bird in Flight

As you can see in the photos, Nature Air’s 30-seat planes are covered with windows.  For the next 40 minutes, we were treated to a panoramic view of most of Costa Rica.  From our altitude, small white clouds dotted hundreds of acres of grass-stain green farms and jungle so thick, it looked like a mile long head of broccoli.

View from Above

The flight was spectacular, and I was legitimately disappointed when the flight ended.  You forget the amount of skill that flying takes until you sit in a plane so small that you can watch the pilots at work.

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