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  San Jose, Costa Rica
Saturday, November 11, 2006

It's been awhile since our last entry and at the same time it's been a very strange week. We began working our way away from the beach towns of Montezuma and Santa Teresa, moving toward Manuel Antonio; the second most visited National Park in the country due to the diverse wildlife and white sandy beaches.
As promised that is what we found in Manuel Antonio. On our first hike into the park we stumbled upon a pack of white faced monkeys jumping around in the trees above us. As we stood there in awe, taking pictures of the females with youngsters clinging to their backs, we noticed that the males had formed a perimeter around us. A very tight perimeter. The leader of this troop came within three feet of Rory, appeared to smile at him, and then furrowed his brow in a stern frown. Never before have either of us been so scared by something so tiny. It felt as though these cute buggers were about to jump us, Skid Row style (Can you picture a group of monkeys dancing their way into a scuffle? We certainly could at the time) or at least throw some pooh. Instead, they anticlimactically bounded off once the babies were clear. No war story here.
What we also found in Manuel Antonio was Montezumas Revenge had found itself a host in the form of Emmett´s stomach, putting him out of commission for most of the three days we spent in Manuel Antonio. It ended up not being too bad, as he got to read in the hammocks at the hostel while Rory spent time playing soccer with the locals on the beach.
We did manage to cruise down to a sweet restaurant converted out of an old contraband.

our bags seem safe enough

Although, as many dinners have gone on this trip, it got a little weird as the sun began to set, the waiter lit some candles and we realized we were surrounded by young couples. That and our waiter brought us two spoons with Rory´s dessert (Can we get an extra straw for the Mai Tai?) Ahh romance.

The Oso Peninsula, on the southwestern tip of the country, is the least traveled and most wildlife filled region of the country. This was to be our next stop after leaving Manuel Antonio and a quick overnight stay in San Isidro. But Montezuma refused to leave Emmett´s system, so we made the executive decision to jump on a bus for San Jose and get it checked out. Even though it was a bummer to leave our plans for the Oso Peninsula behind us, checking into the hospital ended up being a fantastic decision because after a couple hours of tests the fine doctors at Clinica Biblica decided it was time to take out his appendix.
The bonus from this, of course, is that we were staying in our best accommodations yet - 2 beds, hot water, meals, A/C - and all it takes is a little surgery. I highly recommend it while staying in San Jose. The only downside, of course, was that Emmett got the pleasure of being introduced to a catheter, but it was all in the name of a good night´s stay.

We´re finally going to make it to the Bocas Islands in Panama, so it will be awhile until the next blog. All we´re going to have the energy to do down there is drink beer and lay in hammocks. So you all enjoy that fall weather back home while we enjoy the sun on our hairy and oddly shaven stomachs.

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