With our friend Susan visiting over the the last week, we have been 'Day Trippin', 'Here, there and everywhere'!
We took a long bike ride to the see the furthest and best beaches on her first day and did some snorkeling at Punta Uva and Aricife. The sea was a bit rougher than usual but we still saw a lot of coral and marine life. We took it easy on the ride as even though we are keen cyclists, Susan is finding the heat hard so we dropped our normal pace to the 'Costa Rican' pace. Everyone cycle's here as a means from A to B and there's no lycra or aero dynamic bike wear in sight! So even though we are keen bikers together back home, it was an eye opener for her to see that cycling takes on a different meaning here!
We took a trip to the nearby village of Bribri and followed the waterfall trail and found that the steeper you go, the scarier it gets, but if you have the stomach for heights, the view is certainly worth it. We swam in ice cool waterfall pools at the top and half way up and watching the local families enjoying it too was great.
Yesterday we went to the animal rescue centre and even though we are no longer volunteers, we sneaked in the staff entrance early before the crowds of tourists arrived and had some time with the animals. Susan was a bit wary of being in the cage with the monkeys to start with but I managed to persuade her to come in and she held one of the younger quiet ones Becky.
Despite not having been for a few weeks, Rene and I were pleased to find that they still recognised us and we were inundated with monkey cuddles. I forgot my hat and within seconds they had restyled my hair! The three mature females love Rene, all men in-fact and are very territorial towards men around women, so one was literally trying to bite me when I got near Rene! The cheek of her, he is my man!
A new addition to the centre is the beautiful baby fawn. the story goes that the farmer shot the mother deer and then found the foal and bought it in. I find that a bit strange as if you have a hard enough heart to kill a deer, then why would really care about the foal?! Never the less, she is in safe hands now and being cared for and hopefully will be reintegrated back into the forest when she is old enough to fend for herself.
We have two weeks left here now and it's feels strange to think about leaving. We still don't have jobs for the summer but are pursuing a number of options.... you've got to put it out there and just see what comes back! We will tell you when we know!
We took a long bike ride to the see the furthest and best beaches on her first day and did some snorkeling at Punta Uva and Aricife. The sea was a bit rougher than usual but we still saw a lot of coral and marine life. We took it easy on the ride as even though we are keen cyclists, Susan is finding the heat hard so we dropped our normal pace to the 'Costa Rican' pace. Everyone cycle's here as a means from A to B and there's no lycra or aero dynamic bike wear in sight! So even though we are keen bikers together back home, it was an eye opener for her to see that cycling takes on a different meaning here!
We took a trip to the nearby village of Bribri and followed the waterfall trail and found that the steeper you go, the scarier it gets, but if you have the stomach for heights, the view is certainly worth it. We swam in ice cool waterfall pools at the top and half way up and watching the local families enjoying it too was great.
Yesterday we went to the animal rescue centre and even though we are no longer volunteers, we sneaked in the staff entrance early before the crowds of tourists arrived and had some time with the animals. Susan was a bit wary of being in the cage with the monkeys to start with but I managed to persuade her to come in and she held one of the younger quiet ones Becky.
Despite not having been for a few weeks, Rene and I were pleased to find that they still recognised us and we were inundated with monkey cuddles. I forgot my hat and within seconds they had restyled my hair! The three mature females love Rene, all men in-fact and are very territorial towards men around women, so one was literally trying to bite me when I got near Rene! The cheek of her, he is my man!
A new addition to the centre is the beautiful baby fawn. the story goes that the farmer shot the mother deer and then found the foal and bought it in. I find that a bit strange as if you have a hard enough heart to kill a deer, then why would really care about the foal?! Never the less, she is in safe hands now and being cared for and hopefully will be reintegrated back into the forest when she is old enough to fend for herself.
We have two weeks left here now and it's feels strange to think about leaving. We still don't have jobs for the summer but are pursuing a number of options.... you've got to put it out there and just see what comes back! We will tell you when we know! 
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