Turtles...

So this weekend we went to Tortuguero, a national park in the north east of CR. It was crazy. Our expectations going there were kind of low, but wow... it was good. The place is pretty remote, so we had to first take a 2 hour bus ride from SJ and then another hour bus from this small town into this HUGE banana plantation (you weren't allowed to take pictures in the plantation for some reason. i think they didnt want their competitors to know that they wrap their bananas in blue plastic bags... shhhh) and then another 2 hour boat ride through these little rivers until you got to the island. It was a lot like Bastimentos, the place where we went in Panama because there we no cars and just little dirt paths connecting everything in the village. Also cause it had europeans. Bloody euros get around. So we found this nice place on the ocean and didnt do much our first night, mostly because you cant swim in the ocean because it is apparently full of sharks there.
The second day we rented a canoe for 12 bucks for the day and went paddling by ourselves all around the little rivers and canals in the park. It was crazy. We only saw two other groups of people all day. Alligators, however, we saw several groups of. Unfortunatly we only saw small ones, none of the big ones that jump into boats and eat 90 pound girlfriends. I could have been such a hero. But i guess its a good thing considering we were paddling a canoe and totally alone. We also saw monkeys, otters, tonnes of turtles and other wild stuff. It was hands down one of the coolest things we have done since we've been here.

Anyways... knowing we couldnt top that day and because, besides going on tours, there wasn't a huge amount more to do, so we headed home on Sunday. There is a whole long story talking about our bus ride home, but we have to go see scary movie iv, so i will just leave this picture now, and tell the story in person when i see you later. But oh... its a goodie...

daveandkim
ps. i think shaq is going to get an oscar for this role