Thursday, January 17, 2008

A vaquero on the road to the national park.

Starting along the beach.

Many skulls of monkeys, tapir, and other creatures. There are some deadly snakes in formaldehyde, and pieces of a whale's spine.

Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

We drank the water untreated. Yeah. We're that bold.

There was a waterfall and kettle pool about four hours into the hike that made for a nice swim.

The pool. At its deepest it was eight or ten feet.

Footprints in the sand. We're almost to the ranger station at Sirena.

The entire peninsula is ruled by crabs. These red ones were incredibly fast and difficult to catch with your hands.

A sloth.

Hi sloth!

He had a runny nose. You could see it drip from where we were standing. And, as would be expected, he moved quite slowly.

Walking along the airstrip to Sirena station. The beach is behind us, and the strip is maybe a kilometer long.

The porch of the ranger station.

This macaw hung out at the station quite a lot. A ranger said it was a she.

Making friends.

Coveting Kate's black beans and rice.




Still coveting Kate's dinner.