The Blue Pelican
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Palo Verde
It was easiest for us to get an expensive shuttle bus out of Monte Verde, but again we'd chosen a tricky place to get to. So we got the shuttle, but had to get off at Bagaces and wait for a taxi that was willing to take us to Palo Verde (the road isn’t very good and the taxi drivers that were at the bus stop wouldn’t take us). Still, it was definitely worth the effort getting there. The environment there was really different to ...
Pura Vida !!!
... section and we all jumped in the river to have a swim. We came closer to the next rapid and all of a sudden we broke into hectic to get on board. We made it just in time into the raft to be pounded through the white water again... Forward!!! Forward hard!!! Harder!!!! Get down!!!! Pura Vida!!!! Followed by roaring laughter! Too soon it was over! We came back, had time to shower and to cuddle a tiny kitten and were picked up by our minivan and off to Puerto ...
Monkeys and Herrons and Crocs! Oh my!
... in the ceiling which had been replaced. The best thing about this city though was the truck parked along side the road with the largest avocados I have ever seen! They were literally the size of Mangoes.....enormous! They made my mouth water. MMMMMMMMMM.
After the church we drove another 15 minutes to the Palo Verde National Park where we got on our boat and headed into the water. We learned SO MUCH from our guide Juan that it would be impossible to include it all ...
Moving On
... been leading, and it was at its expense that I started to venture with more frequency to the handful of bars in the village. It wasn´t just the drinking and the later nights; it was also the inevitable increase in intake of junk food caused by my most powerful of friends - the drunken munchies. The locals - never missing a trick when it comes to seeing an opportunity to make money from tourists - camp outside the most popular bar around closing time, cooking ...
Bird Island smells bad
... were able to survive the army and attack. We killed about 100 ants, but gave up because we knew that are efforts were futile. At the end of the ant war it pretty much looked like what the beaches of Normandy looked like, tons of dead ants covering our floor.
Needless to say, I am excited to leave for our next location tomorrow morning. Palo Verde has been a great experience, but I will be happy to not have to check my shoes for scorpions each morning :)
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