Weembo whop... In the jungle...

Just after arriving in Cahuita, Costa Rica, we discovered that there is a national park a mere 5 minute walk from our beach front hostel. My Canadian friend and I decided to sweat the 6 mile trek that would take us through the jungle and along the beach. I only agreed because there was a bus stop at he end of the 6 miles...

Before we took off, we loaded up on bug-spray, put on our bathing suits under our jungle gear and stooped to ask the rangers what types of animals and critters we would likely see. And see we did!

These little guys are leaf cutters. They are everywhere. I am sure I killed a 1000 or so (by accident of course!)



Less than a mile in, we saw our first type of monkey. They were white faced little guys. The pictures didn´t turn out to well, but the experience was fantastic. I was the one who spotted them when I caught a branch falling in the jungle out of the corner of my eye. Next thing I new there was a entire troop doing tricks and jumps right over our head. They were definitely monkeying around.



There were a gazillion of these lizards.





We saw this cool guy and one other that was a John Dear Green. He took off before I could get a snap shoot.




There were also a ton of crabs, all colors and sizes.



We saw two more types of monkeys. Brown monkeys who also thought it would be cute to do acrobatics right over our heads and howlers but they were camera shy.



We saw a sloth, but he was sleeping and tucked up in the cutest little ball. I didn´t take any pictures since I got a ton of another one a few days ago. (See previous post).

Of course there were mosquitos. They must have been having a family reunion, because there were swarms. With my 100% Deet, I came out with only a few new bites. I also got dizzy after a second application. I´m pretty sure that means something bad...

About 4 miles in, we took a dip in the water.



In addition to the animals and critters, there trees were pretty impressive. It reminded me of the Forbidden Forest (from HP).



We had to navigate this log-crossing over a small river.



Not only was there a bus at the end of the trail, but there was also this awesome restaurant with a pool. It was so refreshing (the food and the swim).