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| Come to me my jungle friends! |
Well my friends, today is the last blog entry from Costa Rica. After that this blog will revert back to the family blog. If you are interested, you are welcome to keep reading, if not that's cool too.
So if everything in Costa Rica is meant to make us happy (as tourists), then this place has it down to a science. We started our activities before breakfast in the hummingbird gardens. We were given hand feeders and were invited to personally see the hummingbirds up close. It was a little bit like being on a helipad with mini-dive bombers around at all times. Most of the action was caught by the video camera, but we got some good still shots as well.
After that, I was in severe need of a caffeine injection so we hiked up to breakfast (everything in CR is up by the way). The breakie was delicious. In particular, Elsa got a glass of star fruit juice that was basically like drinking nectar. Once our coffee addictions were sated and we were stuffed full, we heading back down to the park for more fun.
We started our adventures with a hike through the local rainforest to see the multiple waterfalls. Let me tell you, it is so much nicer to hike in cooler weather. We trekked past five waterfalls that ranged up to 150 feet high. My favorite was a monster whose names translates to White Magic. We got some pretty cool pics by the top and bottom. As we navigated the bridges and pathways that carved through the gorges and forest, we were treated to some spectacular views. After this relatively short (for us) hike, we decided to view the exhibits again. 
Our first stop was the serpetarium, much to Elsa's delight. We got to see some of the most poisonous and deadly snakes in Costa Rica (safely behind glass of course).
Then we headed to a typical upper class Costa Rican native house (replication). The guides let me play with the oxen. These boys are Brahman bulls (the ones that remind me of Clem from BTVS) and they have been trained to stop or go simply by how you hold the stick. Pretty cool! We also sampled genuine cheese, sweet bread and hot sugarcane water (kind of like tea).  |
| Don't mess with a pissed off cat of any size! |
We also revisited the wild cats. Ej got marked by the ocelot (yuck!). In my defense I warned her that he looked like he was going to pee on her.... awesome! The Jaguar still did not want to play with me, but he was more active then last night.
After exploring our wild sides, we explored the butterfly hut (which also held 2 sloths and a Kinkajou!), the aviary, and the monkey house. All in all, we definitely got our animal quota in today. |
| Sleepy Kinkajou |
So what to do next ... all of this was over by early afternoon. Well, we decided to work for our lunch (sort of). The resort has a stocked trout pond (near the pool actually). Now you might be thinking that this is like shooting fish in a barrel. Well... yeah probably is but it was harder then you would think as they only let us use lures or dry cat food (imagine getting that on a hook!). Elsa caught a big trout and I ... well I had a quesadilla :) 
After that, we decided to take it easy and prep for our redeye tomorrow morning.
See you all soon
Z
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