Corcovado National Park

After snorkeling, we finished the day with lunch back at Drake Bay. The old dog got most of my very dry fish so it wouldn't go to waste. Great outing!

After a shower and rest at the hotel, I met the owner for a guided night tour at 1830. Javier was fantastic! We saw so many animals, most notably: red and green poison dart frogs (not as poisonous as in the Amazon but still), two kinds of glass frogs (named so because you can pretty much see through them), and an eyelash viper (named so for the protuberances over their eyes). Just incredible.

We arrived back at the hotel around 2045, so I just took a cold shower and went to bed. I was probably asleep by 2200. BUT. At 0200 I woke up with ants all over me. Ugh. I hate when that happens. I took a shower and went downstairs to a hammock. I didn't get back to sleep, but I had to meet for breakfast at 0520 anyway, so not as big of a problem as it could've been.

Anyway, we left on the boat this morning at about 0700 and arrived at the park around 0800. It was a rainy ride out, but we saw many animals despite the bad weather. We saw all four kinds of monkeys: howlers, spiders, squirrels, and capuchins 😱. We saw a giant American Crocodile on the beach and another in the water 😱. We saw a very young Fer de Lance Viper 😱 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_asper). We saw many Brown Mandible Toucans 😱. We saw White-Nosed Coati, a relative of the raccoon 😱. And we sqw.so very much more. But unfortunately, we did not see any tapir or anteaters 😟. Regardless, it was an awesome day trip and we walked about 6 miles/10 kilometers 😱.

Now we're waiting for the boat back to Drake Bay and another lunch at Robertos. I hope today's chicken is not as dry as yesterday's fish.

Pura vida!!!

P.S.: FUCK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORTERS. ALL OF YOUR DICKS ARE STILL JUST AS SMALL AS THEY EVER WERE. YOU'RE FIRED!!!

The Night Walk:
___ sordida (deaf) frog
Marine toad
Red eye tree frog
Millipedes mating
Spider scorpion (that is neither)
Jumping spider (many)
Wolf spider
Guanacosta (area of CR) walking stick
Common rain frog
Leaf mimicking catydid (usually green)
Red and green poison dart frog huaca
Reticulated glass frog
Spotted glass frog
Baby tink dink frog
Eyelash viper
Opposum
Water spiders in gutter under road

The Day in the Park:
Spider monkey
Ground chicken
Roadside hawk
Squirrel monkey
Howler monkey
Colored Pecare (pigs, like javalina)
Common black hawk
White neck puff bird kingfisher family
Crested guan
Great curacau
Rio Sirena (where bull sharks and crocs come)
Snowy egrets on trees
Herons and vultures on beach
Black hawk again
White ibis
Squirrel monkey
Spider monkey with no tail
Brown mandible toucan
Capuchin white face monkey
Another brown mandible toucan
Capuchin monkey again
Spider monkey again
Brown mandible toucan again
Anole
American crocodile (as in The Americas, not just US)
White nose Coati
Fer de Lance!!!!!!Read more