Dominical Day 3

Dan and Derry got up and went for an early surf, getting the boards from ‘crusty Nick’ . Derry got a smaller board due to his advanced skills 😂. I think the Olympians are safe but they are both doing well and the lesson definitely helped. They were chuffed to be sharing the water with a beautiful Manta ray which was about 2-3 ft swimming with them for a while. After another nice brunch at ‘Moromo’ with Dan having the French toast again (3 times all together) , Derry went for a well earned siesta while the rest of us relaxed by the pool. Early evening we made our way to Barú lodge, 10 minutes up the road for a night jungle walk. 3 hours of walking in the pitch dark jungle just us our guide Elena was fruitful. We saw a Red Eye tree frog, Bullfrogs, Mexican Porcupine, another 2 toed Sloth. Caymans and then rather creepily a very large ‘Fer de lance’ snake. We reckon over 2 meters long 😱 it is one of Costa Rica’s highly venomous pit vipers that is actually quite aggressive. We were very glad to move on from that one! We also saw quite a few sleeping birds including a ‘Pottoo’ stick bird and Great Kiskadee.
A very beautiful dark sky at a clearing provided a bit of celestial Magic.
A welcome smoothie at the end of the walk and then back to ‘Fuego’ for dinner. All a bit tired and sweaty. 😥Read more