Adventures in the caribbean
Trip Start
Jun 16, 2005
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Trip End
Aug 2006
Cahuita,
Costa Rica
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Natalia and her friend Dan arrived in Costa Rica last week, and we went to the Caribbean side to have some adventures for the weekend.
We went to Cahuita (again, for lucky me!). On the bus, we met up with a Swiss guy named Daniel who's in Central America for the next few weeks, and he stayed with us while we were there.
On our first full day there, we rented bikes and went to Punta Uva, which I've always wanted to see. On the way, we saw a sloth by the side of the road who seemed confused -- at first it seemed he was trying to cross the road, but as sloths are pretty much only apt at climbing and not at making it across the ground, he didn't seem like he was going to have much of a chance against the cars going by
01 big tree
. Our first intention was to stop the cars so that he could get where he wanted to go. But, he got interested in my bike instead! It's the first time I've been quite that up-close-and-personal with a sloth =) So, he tried to climb my bike, then wanted to go to Natalia's.. and then we ended up deciding that we should just get him back into the woods. Daniel took care of that.The next day, Natalia and Daniel and I went on the national park hike and saw both howler and white-faced monkeys. On the way back, we saw a family of white-faced monkeys, and a mother with a baby on her back. We also went swimming around some of the reefs and saw a sting ray and some other very cool fish.
Now, Natalia and Dan are on their way to Tortuguero to see more animals.
Enjoy the pictures and movies!
Peace,
Elizabeth
