Throughout the trip my group has been dying to see animals...especially monkeys and sloths. Today we definately filled our wildlife quota for the trip in the space of 1.5 hours...!
-20+ crocodiles
-white face monkeys
-howler monkeys
-birds, birds, birds
-iguanas and MORE iguanas
After the tour we had lunch a finished it off with a delicious arroz con leche. My group was thrilled after seeing so many animals and slept almost the whole way back to CPI Flamingo. The coolest part of the tour was definately having a crocodile about a foot away from me as he emerged from a shallow area under the boat and moved off to get away from us. I jumped, he came up so unexpectedly and so close! Creepy crocodiles...I also saw motmots (national bird of Nicaragua), Tiger herons, little blue herons and a sandpiper. E would be impressed by the fact that I know all the names.
So far today I have fallen up the stairs twice, the first time catching myself in time to avoid bruising, and the second time spilling a significant amount of coffee on both stairs and myself...! I am trying to avoid a third fall. My loose sandal is possibly the culprit. Ugh now I smell like café!
Soon the group will finish with thier last day of class and I will not be returning to CPI Flamingo for a while. It looks like my next group will take me to Heredia and then to Monteverde. Tomorrow my group has a snorkel cruise as thier final activity and then on Friday morning I drop them off at the airport and hopefully get as much laundry done as I can that afternoon at home before getting back to Heredia Sunday to get a new group.
I have had a very pleasant two weeks with these ladies from Chicago, they are all kind and mature and not drama queens at all! I will miss them and they have been a breath of fresh air for me. Wonder what my next group will be like...?
PURA VIDA!
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