Sloths - one of the seven deadly sins

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Next door to the town of Cahuita is another national park, this one with a nice white sand beach lined with palm trees. Trish, Nicki and I decided to wander through it, looking for wild-life. We were fortunate to see a three toed sloth right up close - it was just next to the trail as we were walking by. They usually live way up in the trees so are quite hard to spot, but on the ground we had a good look at him. As you might expect he moved in slow motion, and climbed up a vine and along a series of trees. It was surprising to see him on the ground since apparently they only come down every few days to take a crap.

We wandered through the jungle and saw a lot more howler monkeys - little monkeys that can make a noise like you would not believe. We found a nice spot and took our first swim in the Caribbean, which was a very comfortable temperature. Eventually we got to the road at the other end where we ended up hitching a ride back to town.

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