Blogs from Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 7

US$ ≈ 500 Costa Rican colones (col) Tortuguero National Park lies on the remote Northern Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. From April to May and July to October two species of sea turtles return to the shore to lay their eggs. During these seasons there are programs for tourists to take guided night walks on the beach to look for egg-laying turtles and hatchlings. According to my canoe guide, Costa Rica hosts 75% of all the world's sea turtles which astounds me. Even though I came here out of season I really enjoyed Tortuguero. The weather's nice but not oppressively hot like Corcovado and the accommodation suits all budgets. It's got kind of an Afro-Caribe vibe so it's very relaxing... definitely not a party scene but plenty of places to chug a cold one. The sea ... read more

Edited version..... I have just reviewed the blog after publishing and realised some of the photos were hidden at the end because there was not enough text and I wanted to confirm which photos I captured.....and give proper credit to Peter who took and said I could use the Mantled Howler Monkey picture - I took a picture but the face wasn't as clear and Peter's photo captures brilliantly what we all saw. I took the rest of the pictures in this blog - and despite the lack of detail and blurriness I like the face of the Hour Glass frog....he's kind of cute don't you think? Right, hopefully that has covered all the administrative points, I will re-publish now and you can look till your hearts content. As always, let me know if there's any ... read more

Each day they make us get up slightly earlier than the day before. Apparently this is ease us into the fact we may need to be up at 4/4.30 when proper surveys start at the end of the week. Editor adds: 1 month later, it's now impossible to sleep any later than 6am as the sun is up by then and so is the rest of Base!. Anyhow, where were we - ah yes, the next couple of days are heavily filled with EFR (first aid training). we practise CPR on manikins (the plastic doll things not Manakins the White Collared Manakin bird sort), putting each other into the recovery position (whether we want to be in it or not), bandaging fake wounds, acting as scene managers in mock emergency situations and generally repeating the mantra ... read more

Hola peeps, Sorry there are no photos yet - internet didn´t work last night and this morning I only a few minutes before meeting the GVI Group who are making there way to the National Park. Basic itinerary for today looks like, meet group, take vehicle to Tortuguero Village which is about 50KM from here then 1 hour motor boat ride to the park and the research base where I will be staying for the next 12 weeks until off to Nicaragua for a couple of weeks.... To get you up to date however on my adventures so far, having woken up at 5am yesterday, I had some breakfast (pineapple and banana), then went back to sleep for 2 hours...oops. Peter and I then set out about 10am. It´s not far from the hostel into the ... read more

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