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Tortuguero Slideshow
Tortuguero
Travel Blogs from Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Week 8 - Skulls and Bones and things
... week. Really cute one nesting in the office rafters with babies in its pouch. According to the Bribri tribe of southern Costa Rica, the four eyed opossum brings death! And that it has. It´s been a week of dead things. We smelled ...
Feb 19, 2011
wet
... another bus to Cariari, then another bus for another 10 km, then a boatride over rivers throu the jungle, and then finaly, Tortuguero. 4 days, 1 day with only 3 hours of rain, the rest it was raining, raining, raining and raining. No wonder is the jungle ...
Del Monte Banana Plantation
Hey There, Here's Del Monte's Banana plantation. We got to see alot of the workers, the factory, the process of the small and the big bananas, where they go and how they protect the ...
"The rainiest of all rainforests"
We made it to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in fine form, we are now old pros at surviving full travel days. We knocked off a surprisingly comfortable shuttle ride through the Cariari district of the country where we really began to realize how much ...
Howler Monkey Versus the Dog
... there were 2 Gringos, one named Alberto, and the other called Nickolo. They were out walking in the rainforest in a park named Tortuguero when suddenly they were joined by a canine, lets call him Rover. Rover was a friendly dog and walked proud and ...
La tortuga feliz
... ) Da die Saison aber nun bald rum ist und ich von ner ganz lieben Person noch vor der Abreise einen Reiseführer von Costa Rica und Süd-Nicaragua erhalten habe, ziehts mich jetzt Richtung Norden. Eine genaue Reiseroute habe ich noch nicht, mal sehen vos ...
Day 3: Swamp, mud, insects, heat and lots of fun
... us around the swamp and we took pictures of the local animals. In the afternoon we did a jungle hike where they made it a point to explain the many ways in which we could die. In the evening we went back to Tortuguero town and partied like rock ...
Central America's Amazon
... and had a yummy buffet lunch - i stocked up on rice and beans - love it! The afternoon consisted of a boat trip over to Tortuguero village which i have been to before and know it doesn't have much going for it. It hadn't changed much. The only cool thing ...
Turtles and Waterways
It was another day of travelling that got us to Tortuguero. The road there was probably the bumpiest thing ever, well it felt like it for the 1 1/2hrs it took to do 30kms!! While our eyeballs were rattling around in their sockets we did spot a ...
Turtle Invasion
... work at one such plantation, and learn, that the workers here live rent and utility free, and earn more money than a schoolteacher in Costa Rica. Still, I would not want to trade, it does look like hard work, and I don’t think everybody is cut out ...
Midnight Turtle Hunting - one wild ride!
... the rain was so loud. According to my guide, there are 7 species of marine turtles in the world. 6 of them native to Costa Rica (C.R. for now on). 4 species that come to lay eggs on this 22 mile stretch of beach. They are the ...
fix und fertig
... Eintraege sind bisher so kurz da wir heute 13 std gebraucht haben um von Monte Verde hierher zu kommen...und bis wir in Tortuguero angekommen sind hatten wir nur zwei Toasts und ein belegtes Brot zum Fruehstueck.. morgen frueh gehts um 6 uhr gleich wieder ...
Parque Nacional Tortuguero
... in Tortuguero nieder, um den Wald auszubeuten. Da nun Arbeit vorhanden war, begann die eigentliche Immigration nach Tortuguero, hauptsächlich von Nicaragua. Schwerpunkt der Dorftour war die Geschichte und Kultur der Einwohner Tortugueros, der Einfluss ...
Bootstour
Unser erster Tag in Tortuguero faengt bereits um 5.00 an. Los geht es mit dem Kanu durch die Dschungelwaelder, in denen Klammeraffen, bunte Voegel, Seeotter und Leguane auf uns warten. Leider koennen wir nicht baden - im Meer sharks, im Fluss ...
Tortuguero, Costa Rica
... Turtles, Kingfishers, Butterflies, Lizards... and loads more! It was a great consolation to not seeing the laying Turtles. Also in Tortuguero we sampled some Caribbean cuisine, and paddled in the warm Caribbean sea, and sunbathed on the black sand! It ...
The Trip to Tortuguero
... can only be reached by boat or plane if you're rich enough and it is located on the Caribbean coast of north-eastern Costa Rica. The name Tortuguero means 'turtle region’ as it is famous for the nesting of turtles on its beaches. We all ...
Flooded Forest
... pods resemble hawks in flight, they grow uninhibited along the banks of the river. Many species of trees found in Tortuguero form large buttressed root systems to support their massive height and weight in the shallow, tropical soil. We took a ...
Boat Trip and Walk to Tortuguero
... help support them, creating a larger surface and a pocket of air. That afternoon we decide to walk into the small town of Tortuguero. A trail that followed the power lines into town showed us the way. It was incredibly hot and the small dirt ...
Turtles!
This morning we woke up and the van that was to take us to the water taxi to Tortuguero was early so we rushed out of the hostel without even brushing our teeth. In the van we met the couple we had seen at the swimming hole who ended up being Rick ...
Turtleguero
Our first place in costa rica was Tortuguero, now named Turtleguero. It was a hotel in the rainforest. we got there by boat. It was a great place .we had to get up at five o clock to go on a boat trip to go into the jungle. We saw some spider ...
Day 12-14
... alacari 6) Caimen: it’s the smallest of the alligator and crocidile. There are no alligators in costa rica. They have 2 eyelids. They are very much scared of humans because they don’t attack anything larger then them. ...
Tortuguero day 1/3
... nest and lay their eggs. After a bit of research I worked out the best way to get from La Fortuna to Tortuguero Village (just outside the national park itself). This involved the following sequence of buses: La Fortuna to Ciudad Quesada ...
Tortuguero day 2/3
If we thought yesterday was wet, what does that make today? Everywhere is flooded. And February is supposed to be relatively dry! We were hoping to go on a canoe trip or boat trip today, not necessarily to see turtles as it is the wrong time of year to ...
Skildpadder for dummies
Idag skulle vi naa vores foerste maal i Costa Rica: Byen Tortuguero der ligger midt i en stor jungle nationalpark. Vi var tidligt oppe for at tage en bus dertil, og koerte et paent stykke vaek fra San Jose i et astadigt tempo. Undervejs var der dog en ...
If you could just get out and push the boat...
... had always wanted to see one. So all in all the three of us were very happy with our little trip to the animal filled Tortuguero! The next morning we decided to head off again to our next destination. Again we had to take a boat ride out, this ...
Tortuguero State Park
... ). I will take lots of photos and keep a journal while we are there. Once we hit Fortuna (central Costa Rica) on Thursday afternoon, I will get the updates posted here. Thanks for tagging along with us. We enjoy your ...