Costa Rica, Day 3
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Our shuttle picked us up at 7 and included the couple we met at the Thrifty on Sunday and the couple we met here for the Quepos grocery run.
At the park we got our guide, Andre, met up with us. He had a super high-powered telescope on a tripod so we could see lots of things would never have seen, especially on our own. Without Andre we probably would have seen nothing!
All of the pictures in a circular frame were taken through the telescope. We saw 2-toed and 3-toed sloths. Their differences were not just in the numbers of toes but several other things such what they ate. We also saw baby bats sleeping, several types of tree frogs, insects, frog larvae.
The frog larvae was interesting. I have 2 pictures. It looked like a gelatinous mass with lots of eyes...which moved. Eventually, the sac will fall off the leaf and into the water below. Those eyes will become tadpoles for a bit, then frogs.
We heard before we saw the howler monkeys. They were very noisy! Eventually one threw a tree branch down toward us, then a bit of monkey poop.
The monkeys are, of course, free to go wherever they want and some were getting killed in the roads. Or they would use the power cables as highways. Not a good idea! The people installed blue cables for them at the routes they normally took. The monkeys can see the blue, use those highways and stay safe.
We also saw another type of monkey, lizards and more.
After this part was over, we forded a stream and had a great fruit snack along with soursop drink. Mmmmmmm. On this trip I've had more fruit than a long time.
We went and sat on the beach for a bit, then back "home".
After naps, there was a barbecue near the pool, then early bed.
