Animal Encounters

So far, I have seen zoo animals, butterflies, bugs, a small snake, lizards, cows, and more. In the past couple days I had some slightly more interesting experiences with non-humans.

I went out to dinner with my Canadian and Finish friend every night after I met them. They had already found the best places in town by the time I met them, so I let them do the picking. This led to Indian and a huge plate of lobster, which tastes better at $7 each. I was so happy!!! We also had some Thai. Yay again. Except for one little kink.

Just when I was finishing an excellent coconut curry dish, a little orange gecko jumped up on my plate. At first I was like, how cute. Then the little guy jumped onto my chest, ran up my neck, and stopped sitting over my mouth.

For some reason, I forgot that I have hands and just started shaking my head violently back and forth. Finally the little dude went flying. My hair had been in a bun, but my hair came tumbling down when I started convulsing. Several waiters came running and everyone was staring at us. We couldn´t stop laughing. Now whenever I see a gecko, I warn him that I already have a gecko boyfriend. So far, no others have tried to French kiss me.

More animals...

Yesterday, my Canadian friend and I left Bocas del Torro together and headed to Costa Rica. We took a boat ride through old banana routs. It was very pretty and jungle like.







Then we took a taxi to the boarder. It was ugly and dirty. After dealing with customs, we had to walk across a rickety and decrepit bridge. It was a hike. We haggled with customs again and then found a bus station. Just after we arrived in Cahuita, a small Caribbean town, we heard these crazy noises coming from the trees above us.

I looked up and was so happy to see howler monkeys. I had held a howler monkey in Boquete, but these guys were out in the wild. They definitely sounded wild.

We found a hostel on the beach (and I mean directly on the water) and secured a double. We are less than a five minute walk from a white sand beach! It is nice to be traveling with someone. I feel safer, things are cheaper, and it is nice to have someone to talk to, especially since it is outrageously expensive to make calls in Costa Rica (compared to Panama.)

Our front yard.



On the way back from the beach, we found a sloth. He was in the low branches of a palm fruit tree of some sort. We were so close to him that we could touch him. I saw his claws and though touching was not a good idea.







Two for one drink specials, tuna ceviece, and dominos. Laying on the beach all day makes your thirsty and hungry!