| SATIFIED
TRAVELERS
The
following are excerpts from e-mails sent to me by contented visitors
after returning home from natural history/birding trips to Costa
Rica:
"Hello,
Richard
"What
an experience! I hope you are aware of how much you are doing
to enhance the quality of life of many senior citizens. I truly
appreciate your vast knowledge, not only of birds, but in many
other areas as well. I'm grateful for your patience, your sense
of humor, and the fact that you encouraged us to think for ourselves.
"As
we climbed out of San Jose above the rain forest, I looked down
and saw a Quetzal looking up and laughing, "Aha, I saw you,
but you didn't see me!"
"Thank
you again, and I hope our paths will cross again someday."
Neil
and Ruth Pestes <RUTHPESTES@aol.com>
"Hi
Ricardo!
"Ari
and I had a terrific time in Costa Rica, and we agree that much
of it is due to you. Your guiding is great, plus you're just a
neat person to be around. Ari thinks that either you were really
interested in the bryophyte stuff (tickling him to no end), or
else were kind enough and good enough to seem so convincing."
[I really was interested, no kidding.]
Susan
and Ari Kornfeld <susan@perspective.com>
Visit Susan and Ari's web site: Perspective
"The
following is a systematic list for 327 species seen or heard in
6 1/2 days of birding by myself and Alan Ziegler, and our guide
Richard Garrigues. I would like to thank Richard not only for
his expert knowledge of the Costa Rican avifauna and seamless
handling of the logistics of the trip, but for his good company
as well. I would not hesitate to recommend him as a guide for
anyone travelling to this country." (from the trip report)
Jonathan
Meyer <Jonathan@hughes-meyer.demon.co.uk>
"I
just want to thank you for making our last day in Costa Rica so
wonderful. Given our contraints - leaving at 9AM and getting back
at 4PM - I thought that we had a terrific time. We ended up seeing
32 new species, not bad considering, and that wasn't counting
things like the Emerald Tanager that just flew by. I really liked
the opportunity to study the birds for such a long while.
"I
was particularly pleased that our [outing] was easy physically
on Carole, yet gave her plenty of opportunity to see just as much
as we did. I will not hesitate to recommend your services and
feel free to use me as a reference for those who care to inquire."
Randy
& Carole Johnson <randy1395@home.com>
"I
really enjoyed the birding. Total for the 4 outings I did was
196 species, including 50 life birds and 65 Costa Rican life birds.
Not too bad. See you later. "
Paul
Murgatroyd <MrMurgy@aol.com>
"Thank
you for your guiding at Costa Rica. I was enjoying birding with
you."
Koji
Tagi < Ktagi@aol.com>
[Koji is one of Japan's most accomplished birders. Click there
® Å to visit his web site ]
"Thanks
for yoeman service on an excellent trip. I'm looking forward to
spending some time tonight reviewing all the great things we saw.
Its hard to imagine that we did all that in 2 weeks!"
Ann
and Doug Brodie <annbrodie143@home.com>
"It
was a wonderful trip and we thank you for all your contributions
to making it so - we learned so much and had such a good time
doing it!"
Jack
and Georgie Boyer <MomBoyer@aol.com>
"We
really feel fortunate to have had your guidance and to have benefitted
from your years of ecological experience in CR."
Jack
and Ann Bowler <bowlera@erols.com>
"Thanks
for a great CR trip. It was a great success."
Annmarie
Housley of Full Circle Tours <Circletour@aol.com>
"I
thought I'd take this opportunity to tell you that you really
made the trip for us. Thank you."
Betsy
Cornwall <betsy@capecod.>
"This
was a great trip and I enjoyed your company."
Allan
Cole <amcole@calcna.ab.ca>
"Hola
Ricardo: I wanted to pass along my thanks for another great trip."
Joe
Crichton of Wild Bird Tours <jcrichto@iul.>
"We
think often of our great trip and it did get great reviews among
our friends."
Ann
& Lou Laux <blakbird@comp2go.>
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