Take the Rough with the Smooth

An early start! We (all 4 of us now Tricia and Graham have joined us) were picked up at 6.30 and drove the busy road north towards Limon. This was smooth and a pretty modern highway so no problem. However shortly after the breakfast stop we turned off and stated the 20km journey to the boat landing stage. That 20km took over an hour of rocknroll potholed road so I was feeling very queezy by the time we reached the boats.
It took nearly three hours to reach the lodge stopping to see wildlife regularly and at the last village called Tortuguera after which the national park is named. No roads lead to it, just the delta canal system so things are a bit more expensive but two bottles of Chillean red and a corkscrew only came to $12 and we enjoyed the first on our adjoining balconies before dinner that night.
We had a swim in the turtle shaped pool and a short walk along the beach before dinner as well.
Our guide told us to meet at 5.45am in the morning for another boat trip so we cut the evening short and retired around 9pm.Read more