Another early morning, but at least we did not hae to pack up and load all our stuff, as we would be staying in La Fortuna for two nights. As we set off for the north we passed the iguana corner and I noticed a striped tail poking out of the foliage.
And another. These two were taken out the minibus's window; still, I was closer than the other day!
We passed through Los Chiles, near the Nicaragua border, and in Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, boarded a boat. Here is the fabulously named Limpkin.
Another shot of the Limpkin:
As you can see, we went very fast at times:
An iguana watches us pass.
We saw a number of snake birds, or anhingas, like this somewhat blurry female.
Clearer shot of her on a busier background...
This, for me, was one of the highlights of the entire trip. A resting colony of teeny tiny lesser long-nosed bats.
Their slumber somewhat disturbed by the boat's close proximity, they all started swaying from their perches, but none flew away.
And here we have a male snake bird:
That blob in the middle is a Ringed Kingfisher I believe. (I purchased a telephoto lens just for this trip, but somehow managed to leave it outside my bags...)
The spider monkeys were too far away for my short camera lens, so I started to take a video. Then the camera died. Ah, technology! As you can see it was raining a lot...
Another female anhinga:
And another male:
You usually hear them before you see them; the biggest, loudest and dumbest (not counting a few tourists) primate in Costa Rica: the howler monkey!
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