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Published: June 19th 2010
Lisa at Manuel Antonio
Lisa is the author of this blog entry.Pictures and postcards cannot describe Manuel Antonio National Park and the area surrounding it. There was a twenty- to thirty-minute walk through the park before arriving at the beach. The abundance of green and wildlife was staggering. I had never seen a sloth before, except on “Ice Age,” and it was nothing like I had imagined. It literally looked like it moved in slow motion. The butterflies, lizards and birds, their colors were breathtaking. A fact I didn’t know - Johnny, our guide, told us that birds above the canopy are beautifully colored but their song is plain, whereas the birds below are plain-feathered with beautiful song.
On the beach we had company. There were two raccoons looking for food - in backpacks. When the people would move away from their stuff, the raccoons would move in. The guide would shoo them away and they would
walk away with their shoulders slumped only to come back out of the forest a few feet away to try to look in someone else’s backpack or bags. I watched them work the whole beach.
The beach was small but beautiful, with croppings of rocks where iguanas sunned, and a backdrop of
Ocean Overlook
The ASU group at an overlook shortly before arriving in the Manuel Antonio area. forest. It was the most spectacular sight I’ve ever seen in nature. The whole trip was like a fantasy vacation - from the hotel to the restaurants to the park. I’m just sorry that those of you reading this can’t see it / experience it for yourselves. - Maybe one day. 😊
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Lamar
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The pics are phenomenal....makes me a tad bit jealous!!! lol!!