Sorry I haven't written in so long, I've been super busy with my homework (which I probably should be doing right now...) Friday and Saturday I was on the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica, in the city of Limón and in the town of Cahuita. It was really nice to get out of the house and have a change of scenery, even though I had to work on a paper.
On Friday, we (Heidi, Erika, one of Heidi's house mates, and Maya, Erika's 5-year-old daughter, and I) left around 8:30 and got to Limón around lunch time. After a quick tour of Limón, we were back in the car and on our way to Cahuita. During this trip, Maya finally decided that I'm not scary and talked my ear off, claiming that I am her BFF :). Once we were in Cahuita, we went to the beach, and played in the water (sort of). We never went past ankle deep because of strong rip tides, and we couldn't make it to the green zone before the beach closed at 5pm. Maya and I played in the sand, and dug a hole all the way down to the water (not very far), she especially liked that she was almost as tall as me when I stood in the hole. After a short "rest" (read: homework time) at the hotel, we went out for dinner at Soda Sola Fe, a 'soda' is a small, family owned restaurant.
On Saturday morning, we ate breakfast and saw (and heard) howler monkeys at the hotel, there was even a mom with a baby. I wish I had had my camera, but my phone was in the room, since I didn't want it at breakfast. After breakfast, Heidi and I went on an animal tour with Fernando, Heidi's favorite guide. We took a boat to Cahuita point, and then hiked back into town. On the hike I saw: monkeys, snakes, more than enough spiders, crabs, a sloth, and a basilisk (Jesus Crist lizard). It was amazing, Fernando was able to spot all these animals that Heidi and I only saw with a telescope, or when he pointed them out. At one point, Fernando stopped and said, "there is a poisonous snake, you have ten seconds to see it before it sees you." It was a yellow eyelash viper, sitting on a tree less than 15 yards away, and I didn't see it until I looked through the telescope and then followed the telescope to see it with my bare eyes. Fernando took the following pictures, without a zoom lens.
Now we are going to find, spot the animals, feel free to zoom in, the answers are at the bottom.
We also saw lots of monkeys, how many can you spot? (The camera did not capture all of them since some were behind leaves, there are at least 4)
After seeing the monkeys and the snakes, we saw lots of spiders, can you find her?
Then, after a lot of searching, we saw a mommy sloth with her week/week and a half old baby. Unfortunately, I missed the sloth in my big picture, so lets play, point out the baby.
Finally, we saw the basilisk, a green lizard that blends in really well. (hint, he is looking up)
No cheating now, here are the answers.
Thanks for playing!
You can see all of the photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/kDAb8q8HJSU2hiev9
Hasta Luego!
Caylyn
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