Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Day 14: Manuel Antonio park, el sendroso waterfall and out on the town. I am tired.

So as usually happens in these situations, I met some very nice girls from all over the world and we decided to get up early and do some adventuring. We went first to Manuel Antonio national park. The place is literally crawling with people, even at 8 am.




We hiked up to the lookout, seeing a sloth butt high up in tree (the photo isn't that interesting) and getting eaten by some army ants on the way and stopped by an anole.





On the way back, we found a great little beach. Then a raccoon tried to steal  a whole grocery bag of someone's food, getting away with some condensed milk. Then she returned and rifled through my bag and grabbed my purse. Luckily I played tug a war with her and she didn't get away with it. As you can see she's pretty brave.


Some of the girls took off for the next beach while a couple of us explored and found some cool things; a giant shell, a hermit crab and a spiny iguana.




On the way back we ran into a coati who came down out of the tree right next to us for a drink.


When we happened upon the next beach,there was a whole troupe of white faced-capuchin monkeys that were playing like crazy.


The beaches were getting more and more beautiful, the further you went into the park. We played in the water until the monkeys came back, this time with a baby monkey in tow!




On the way out of the park, I had to of course, buy a coconut.


We went to lunch, then headed to the el sendroso waterfall. Some guys in the hostel had said something about a dog but we didn't really listen to them but, on cue, the dog arrived as we walked to the trailhead. He showed us the entire way to the waterfall and waited there for us, barking everytime someone jumped. Then he showed us the way back. He was a great little guide.





Exhausted, we made our way home. Made some awesome food and made our way out to Bambu bar for drinks and dancing.

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