More of Costa Rica

This little guy was beating the fruit from a nut of some kind.  A whole troup of white faced monkeys crossed our path overhead as we were walking in the forest.  This guy needed a snack before he could continue and put on a little show for us. I hope the video works on the blog site.

 These monsters live under the road bridge that we were standing on taking picutres.  Up close is not necessarily comfortable with these crocodiles.

 The costal road is lined with royal palm trees, very majestic and beautiful.  Palm oil being a major export of Costa Rica.

 This is a termite nest.  They do not nest on the ground because it is too wet.  We have seen these all over Central America.

 Saw lots of sea life on our day trip to Cano Island including this dolphin and his buddies.

 Lovely beach on Cano Island.

 Can you guess what this mass in on the tree.  It is about 1000 caterpillars.

Lots of monkeys swinging in the trees.

Wildlife of Central America

Costa Rica is the most beautiful facinating country I have ever visited.  Tourism is the number 1 industry and it is based on the beauty of nature.  Every state has adventure tours, reservations, provincial parks all in the name of protecting nature and promoting toursim.  It is easy to get around and easy to find things to do if you have the funds. I saw lots of butterflies but it is hard to get a photo when you are zooming along on a motorcycle or  sticking to a trail in the forrest so the farm made it easy to capture the memories.  We saw tons of birds but again how do you capture a photo in the wild.

This is a photo of a sloth in the tree outside out cabin in a little pueblo in the mountains near San Isidro.  There is actually more than one cuddled in the branches having a morning snooze.

This is a photo of the crater lake of Costa Rica´s most popular volcano. 

These photos were taken at Zoo Ave (zooabey).  It was hard to find the Zoo because we were looking for the Zoo on Zoo Avenue.  But there is not a Zoo Avenue the place is called Zoo Ave, Zoo of Birds. It was an interesting search.

This butterfly photos were taken at a butterfly farm outside San Jose.

This is the border into Panama.  The bikes are waiting an inspection by a border official.