We caught the 6:30 bus to Limon, then took a taxi to Moin. We had a great taxi driver who was Tico, but from Jamaican decent and he spoke perfect English, so we asked him all sorts of questions. Neither Limon or Moin are particularly nice places, but it was on the way to Tortuguero, a place only accessible by boat, and I think? plane. We chose the 3.5 hour boat ride through canals route.
Waiting for the bus
Breakfast waiting for the boat (for hours). Yum - gallo pinto, my favorite! Our captain is the man in the white tank top.
Lots of animals on the way in. Clockwise from top left: Howler monkey, little blue heron, crocodile, iguana and great blue heron. We also saw jacana, spoonbills, egrets, pelicans, cormorants, turtles and a just drowned calf that a crocodile was about to eat.
The view
Quick stop in the middle - the best fried plantains we had the whole trip.
Tortuguero is a tiny place with no cars. Just raised pathways, I can only imagine what this place is like in heavy rains, it must flood like crazy.
Megan this is the end of town I don't remember. Does it look familiar to you?
I feel like we would remember these freaky garbage cans.
Waiting for a birthday party to begin.
Dogs. Everywhere.
We walked into the National park on a trail that paralleled the beach with access paths every few hundred feet.
We saw this keel billed toucan, along with collard aracaris, a lineated woodpecker and a Baird's trogan.
Golden orb weaver spider, I have some better pictures coming up of these guys. Their webs, when fresh, are yellow!
Me with turtle tracks. We walked back along the beach, even though we were hot and tired, to look for baby sea turtles hatching, but didn't find any.
Casado again? Yes please!
That evening we went back to the beach with a guide to watch green sea turtles laying their eggs. No pictures allowed there.
2 comments:
love the boot photos of you two! oh gallo pinto!
wow that is great! I love hearing about your trip and seeing the pictures :)
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