Albergue la Jungla Tortuguero

N*ch zwei Wochen Urw*ld pur bin ich nun wieder zurück in der Zivilis*tion, mit Strom, Internet und *llem w*s d*zugehörtJ

Zu erzählen gibt es ziemlich viel, d*her müsst ihr euch wohl einwenig mehr Zeit nehmen, um diesen Reisebericht zu lesen. Aber für *lle dies press*nt h*ben,,, ich h*be gl*ube ich so ziemlich *lles erlebt/gesehen, w*s m*n im Urw*ld erleben/sehen k*nn... vom Sokorpin zur Bo*, den Affen und n*türlich den Schildkr ...

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Por la mañana Treeking al Cerro Tortugero (2h). Es por selva y tiene muy buenas vistas.

Por la tarde visita por los senderos del Parque Nacional de Tortuguero y paseo por el pueblo. Tambien está la opción de alquilar unos Kayacks ...

... for about 10 minutes and then sat down while our guide explained to us (in spanish) about the turtles.  I tried to listen but he was whispering and talking fast so none of us could understand much and it was sooo hot (no wind at all) and we were exhausted.  We were glad to be walking to the beach finally and after about 10 minutes of walking, we waited another 10before our guide was told that there is a turtle nearby.  We had to walk about 1/2 kilometer (in the ...

... under a Canadian Wildlife Refuge building on the riverside to see Long–nosed (Proboscis) Bats clinging to the underside of the wooden structure.

Back at the hotel we discovered outside our room that a large Basilisk Lizard had attached itself to a tree, a great opportunity to see one really close up. Walking around the extensive gardens yielded a wealth of wildlife – hummingbirds and huge iguanas. Colourful birds filled the trees and I was pleased I had ...

... the tour guide lied to us and said he saw turtles just yesterday, the truth eventually came to light when we were stumbling down the beach in the pitch black for 2 hours: it wasn’t peak season. (If there is one thing I hate, it’s the Lonely Planet- it’s always wrong)

Overall, the beach isn’t anything to write home about, but the town itself and its wildlife was defiantly worth the visit.

So unfortunately the pictures I took from Isla de Ometepe are not being uploaded to the blog. As of right now their are only two pictures showing, I hope to resolve the issue soon. After a quick night in San Jose, I left early in the morning on a bus heading to Cariari enroute to Parque Nacional Tortugero situated on the Caribbean Coast.From Cariari the only way to Tortugero is up river canals until ...

... and Caribbean. And, indeed, yes they were beautiful....but i was thinking the same thing i felt upon arrival in Puerto Viejo - "...great, blow me, now what...?"

I was torn between two hostels (owned by the same people). My arbitrary choice turned out to be good...the other hostel had a fire that night, the top floor was gutted and everyone evacuated at 5am.

Town felt slightly more genuine that PV the previous day, there were more locals and there were ...

... jungle. Then a cruise boat comes to his lands and he is mesmerized by a little white girl. That's basically what happened in the chapter I read. Apparently, the author is very famous and this is a well-known story. -I got home around 6pm again. We ate pasta with alfredo sauce, which my padre add ketchup to... -Very tired, I went to be around 8:30pm (I had gotten up at 6am) Day 4: -More Spanish classes. I'm not sure ...

... in still others... but the one consistency was how steep the incline was and how twisty and turny the path was. Unlike in some parts of Guatemala and Honduras there wasn't usually a sheer drop off, but you still knew it was there. We went this way, probably not making it over 20 miles an hour in some parts, until we'd climed the almost 1400 metres, sometimes through clouds and mist, and finally reached the little town ...

... It really is a sight to see - hopefully I'll be able to post a video of the little blighters (it's not my video though because my little Canon camera got stolen in Cahuita national park but that's another story). Didn't get to see any adult turtles coming up the beach at night but had some near misses. It was towards the end of the Green Turtle season and they were around but not in great numbers. The Leatherback ...