The cook shooed the iguana from the dining room but he would always return, lumbering along like a golem in search of a lettuce leaf. She must do this every day, because when we were there, she had HAD IT so she chased him with a broom scolding him all the way out the door. That’s just an ordinary lunch on the Nicoya peninsula on the northwest coast of Costa Rica. A “Blue Zone” noted for its healthy living, Nicoya is becoming a popular destination. The beach near Mal Pais on

Family adventure travel on Vieques