We got up this morning around 4:45 a.m. as Jim was leaving for Hawaii at 5. We said our goodbyes, had a bite and then headed for the beach around 8 a.m. with the hopes of being back before it got too hot.
As we got to the beach right beside the path is the turtle hatchery. I took a look at all the round wire enclosures and sure enough, there were 6 or 7 little guys scrambling all over each other. By the time we came back from our walk the biologists had been there either put them on the beach to make their way to the water or put them somewhere else to be released after dark when they have a better chance of making it.
We walked West on the beach this time to the end wherre the river we'd crossed by taxi empties into the ocean. Beautiful area and I was surprised how big the river is. There were a few Tico's bldg or repairing blinds to keep them out of the sun while they went fishing. Looked like some of them had camped out there.
We got back around 8:30 and it was still too hot so Jo sliced up some of that incredible watermelon and we chilled out on the deck and in the pool for a while. That's about it for the day. It's an early night and we've just finished repacking our backpacks for another leg. Seems like we're leaving a lot behind but most is stuff we haven't used and we'll be heading inland in another week so the thought is "if we haven't got it we don't need it."
We're leaving here at 10:30 tomorrow morning and hoping to reach the peninsula tip by tomorrow night. We'll catch the first bus about a half an hour from here but it won't leave until 12:30 pm and then we'll have to change again before reaching our destination. It will be a long day and we're winging where we'll stay so I may be off line for a few days. We're figuring around 3 nights at Montezuma. It's next to a very large and very remote nature preserve so we'll be doing lots of hiking. My goal is to see a sloth and hopefully a banana boa.
I found a set of scales today and it appears I'm down at least 10# maybe more as I forgot to weigh myself before leaving home. The legs are in pretty good shape now to so all I have to contend with is the heat. Bet you guys at home really needed to hear that eh?
The nights here are perfect. We leave the screen doors which are double wide open and sleep on top of the sheets without the fan going and it's just right. Very dark and a bit of a breeze and the sound of the surf. Bonus! There's no bloody chickens to wake me up and after me remembering to bring ear plugs.
Until the next internet connection Hasta Luego
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Al & Jo
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