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Almost ready to let go

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Kristel Segeren / The Tico Times

The year is almost over, and we’re all hanging onto 2017 a bit like this snake, captured in Cahuita National Park by Kristel Segeren: leaning in for the last empujón (push) of the year.

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For more stories and photos from Kristel, visit her blog, The Tiny Travelogue, or follow her (and her dog’s) adventures in the tropics and beyond on Facebook or Instagram. 

Would you like to submit a photo to our #TTPicOfTheDay series – the view from your home or favorite Costa Rican spot, or any other image you care to share? Please send horizontal photos at least 1100 pixels wide to kstanley@ticotimes.net. We’d love to see the sights with you.

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