Cahuita

Early this morning we caught a bus to Cahuita, which was an experience in itself, before beginning the nice walk in the National Park. Right at the beginning we saw a sloth high in the canopy, but without a guide and their telescope, we could barely see it. Had it not been overly expensive for the guide we would have considered it, but we mostly came to see all the raccoons that inhabit the park. A guide isn't necessary to find them. All along the walk you could dart out to the coast line and swim and admire the beautiful Caribbean beaches that line the National Park. Although we were hot and sweaty we figured we would stick it out to the end before we enjoyed a swim. We saw beautiful monkeys and sloths when right at the end we finally saw a big family of raccoons. They are obviously fed quite often because he came right up to us, seemingly expecting something to eat. They are so cute and funny that we enjoyed watching them before making it to the end for a swim. We enjoyed the beautiful, if slightly too warm water, and relaxed in the water for about an hour before continuing the journey. The whole National park walk takes a number of hours, but because we were taking our time and looking for animals we decided against going all the way to the end and shortly after restarting decided to go back and head toward the bus stop for home. This time we sped through a bit more, having seen most things we expected to see. However, right at the end, Howler monkeys could be heard, and after some wandering we finally found them climbing over our heads in the canopy. We had once again worked up a decent sweat, and so grabbed an ice cream to enjoy while we relaxed in the aircon. Unfortunately, we weren't aware of the bus timetable and so didn't want to miss our bus by waiting too long so eventually headed off. Despite having to wait about 30 minutes, it wasn't too bad as we needed a sit down and a chance to chill out. Eventually our bus came and we headed home for the day.Les mer