3 Months in Costa Rica!: Days 17-18 (Tortuguero

Day 17 - 4:30am I walk in the very darkest dark of early morning in Grecia to meet Guido Navarro, my tour guide for the weekend trip to the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica - Limón. Me and 20 other adventures take a 2.5 hour bus ride from Grecia to Port Matina. From there we take an 1.5 boat ride through the canals to Tortuguero. Oh! Did I mention I was the ONLY non-spanish speaker (only American too) on this 2 day tour? Even my tour guide was Spanish speaking only. All of my fellow tourist were native Costa Ricans, but have never been to the Caribbean Coast...so it was a first for all of us:

Map of Tortuguero

A Chicken at Port Matina

Boating through the Canals of Matina

Lunch at Rancho la Palma

Touring the Canals of Matina - Capuchin Monkeys

Touring the Canals of Matina - Turkeys

Touring the Canals of Matina - Lizard

Touring the Canals of Matina - A Farm House

Touring the Canals of Matina - Birds

Touring the Canals of Tortuguero

Touring the Canals of Tortuguero - A Caiman Crocodile

Touring the Canals of Tortuguero - A Bull Swimming

Lunch at Rancho La Palma

Touring Parismina

Touring Parismina - Iguana Lodge Cabin

Touring Parismina - Community Park of Parismina

Touring Parismina - Parismina Beach

The next few pictures below is the area where we stayed over night in Tortuguero. Everyone had a cabin to themselves.
Atleast I did. Ha! Or they stayed in the same room with their family:

Tortuguero - Cabinas Aracari

Tortuguero - Cabinas Aracari

Tortuguero - Cabinas Aracari Fútbol Field

Tortuguero - Restarante Cabinas El Muellecito

Tortuguero - Cabinas Aracari Local Dogs

Tortuguero - Cabinas Aracari Public Bathroom

Tortuguero - Cabinas Aracari Canal

Tortuguero - Tour of Canals - Continue

Tortuguero - Tour of Canals

Tortuguero - Tour of Canals - An Iguana

Tortuguero - Tour of Canals - Now there is suppose to be wildlife of some sort on this tree, but no one knew how to tell me in English. (laughing) So I took a picture of the area anyway. Let me know if you see something.

Tortuguero - Caribbean Conservation Corporation

Tour Caribbean Conservation Corporation

Caribbean Conservation Corporation - Beach

Return to Cabinas - Strolling around at Night

Cabinas Aracari - Self-Portrait Inside of my Cabin at Night Holding the Cabin Key

Day 18 - 6:00am Today I wake up to the sounds of MANY roosters. And I was totally surprised by a 2 hour hike!:

Cabinas Aracari - Self-Portrait Inside of my Cabin in the Morning