Day 12 - La Fortuna

Hrm.. I swear I made an entry yesterday, but there isn't one. Must be confusing my written journal with this, or I logged out without saving.

Today was interesting. I had (I thought) a reservation to go up to Cato Negro with Arenal Adventures (Bus #1). I was sitting waiting for the bus, and I saw a few go by, when The Hotel manager pulls up in his car and says "come on Mr.John, we're going to catch your bus, it's 30mins ahead". So I hop in and we're off... ...tired... .. long story short, I ended up getting on this other tours bus to do the same place. It was probably much better for me because it was a smaller group and a really good guide.

Cano Negro is a Wetland wildlife reserve, we saw Howler Monkeys, White-Faced Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, a Sloth, lots of birds, and an Anteater. Apparently it's very rare to see an anteater, our guide was very excited.

It's off-on-off-on raining very heavily here now, tomorrow will be a walk to the local waterfall and getting my laundry done (3 sets of clothes, 12 days.. you work it out :) before I head back to San Jose on Friday.

Weather permitting I'll still try to make to to Tortuguero. I met some people who came from Limon further down the coast and apparently there was a tropical storm on the pacific coast, roads washed out and everything.

I miss home.

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Posted at 06:23 PM to Vacation By: John Fairley