Anyway, enough whining. As with all most vacations I go on where the sun shines, I did spend a good deal of time in my hotel. I rested, slept, and knitted quite a bit. I was still pretty worn out from my show so rest was what I needed. There was a very nice zoo right across the street from the first hotel we stayed in and I did go there and see animals while I was fed on by mosquitoes. Apparently I am a delicious snack food to the mosquito world.
Here is the ubiquitous White faced monkey. They had them at the zoo, but they live very free in many parts of the country. I stole this photo off Andy Attenhofer over at The Tribe. I was never within reach of my camera when I saw them. (and I’m not hotlinking the photo, so there)
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The first thing I saw when I walked in the zoo were peacocks. Am I the only one who thinks peacock tails are super freaky?
Iguanas are everywhere. This spiny knee tortise was pretty pissed that the iguana was eating his food. He hightailed it over and had some words with the interloper. I bet the tortise would be pleased to know that in some parts of Costa Rica the iguana is referred to as galina de pollo. (Joe, did you translate it?) It means “chicken of the tree”. Apparently I am not the only delicious thing in Costa Rica.
Here is a teeny tiny pygmy owl. I wanted to steal him and stuff him in my pocket. I wish there was something there to indicate his tiny stature but he was probably 6″ high.
Snooty turtles. They really thought they were better than all the other turtles. Sad, really.
While I was taking photos of this guy the mountain lion in the cage behind me woke up and started making big kitty noises. This monkey got very worried and stood up and started making this huffing sound. He’d look at me with a worried face, huff, look at the lion cage, huff some more, and look very concerned right at me. I honestly think he was trying to warn me of the imminent danger right behind me. It was very cute.
After we left San Jose we travelled to Manuel Antonio. On the way there there is the “Croc Bridge” where you walk onto this bridge, look down, and see some of the biggest wild crocodiles ever. We were probably 25-30 feet above them. They were HUGE.
Close up. Notice the one in the middle looks like the crows from Spy vs Spy.
Manuel Antonio looks like this:
And this:
This was my view from the restaurant at lunch.
Here too. Seriously Saru. You could move here and open a restaurant and be happy. Plus the Costa Rican girls are beautiful and they love mature American men who aren’t machismo.
This is the view from the beach. Bow to my mad photoshop skills. I erased seven bogeys sun worshippers from the photo.
This was the view from my seat on the plane that took me from incredible beauty to sitting on planes and in airports for a solid 12 hours. (all my flights were delayed hours) Notice that from where I am sitting I could practically fly the plane myself.
This was the sign that greeted me upon my arrival in Los Angeles.
No. More like seamy LA.
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Note for J* :
This bed is too big without you
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What, you need J to help you make the bed? I hate having to walk around the bed, around the bed…
Oh…OH! Nevermind.
I’ve never been anywhere with white sandy beaches. In fact, the only beaches I’ve been to are 1) somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico (read: overcast, lots of seaweed) and 2) the flats of the North Sea in Germany (read: overcast and slightly chilly in August).
Are you allowed to adopt monkeys? Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?
I’m still bowled over by the care package. Thanks again.
That place was purty. Even the iguana was purty.
There will be pictures posted. As soon as they are taken, and then I have to actually plug my computer in and make sure I have an internet connection. Cause, who actually knows? But I guess that’s what cell phone cameras are for.