Costa Rica - More Hiking :)

This landbridge is only available at low tide

Today’s drawing prompt was about drawing animals from life - quick sketches to capture the idea rather than realism of any sort.  So I chose monkeys ;).   And promptly went to where the monkeys always are only to discover that of course today they were not there 🤦‍♀️.    Classic.  Another tourist told me there were howler monkies across the road so I went there and DID find them, but they were sleeping so for an action sketching session less useful - also, they were way up in the trees so mostly looked like black lumps.

We won't discuss how high I jumped when I found this guy by nearly stepping on him

But - in finding the monkeys, I’d also found another trail which ran parallel to the beach, so I followed it to the end and explored the land bridge that is only visible at low tide, as well as waded across to see where the mystery trail on the other side would lead.  I was slightly concerned about being gone too far and alone at this point so I was mostly just checking if it was worth going back to drag Chris along - or at least tell him where I was 😂.   But turns out not so much, it was a very quick dead end and not worth a secondary hike.  

Some lovely ocean views

I did get to see some very cool birds, stunning butterflies, a little snake, and a few lizards on the way though so that was cool.  The birds and butterflies needed a real camera, which I sadly did not have,  but I still enjoyed watching them.  

Watched this little guy fishing for a bit - super cute.  His owner was nearby.

On the way back I did find some capuchin monkeys playing which was great but by this point I was hot and tired so just snapped a couple not great photos on my phone and went back to the resort for a swim :).   I have lots of good monkey pics from previous trips so wasn’t as stressed about the lack of good camera.

I definitely crossed this to see where the trail would go.
Spoiler alert: dead end in less than 2 mins

Ocean was rated yellow again but this time it was tiny waves w fairly strong undertow, so way less fun.  As a result, all but one swim was pool based today.  Still - pretty lovely day with temps in the high 30s and not crazy humidity.

Watched this guy for a while

Mildly amused that the only bilingual person who’s been willing to converse w me in Spanish is the “tour operator” on the beach that we’re pretty certain is also selling weed (at least - which while legal at home is not super legal here).  Lol but unlike all the others on the beach, he’s not pushy - very much waiting for business to come to him ;)

Just kinda love the canopy

There was a foam party at one of the pools today - 100% the opposite of my thing but I did enjoy watching for a bit.   A ton of people in a pool (I’m not a great swimmer) with limited visibility and lots of alcohol somehow just didn’t seem a great idea.  But - the music was amusing, the energy level and enthusiasm were high, and watching the bubbles shoot out of the cannon made me feel like a little kid again :).  Once that part was done though I noped out pretty fast; no interest in sticking around for the aftermath.

Mildly amusing to watch, but zero interest in joining in

Looking into options for what we’re going to do tomorrow - not fully committed yet cause budget is restrictive but I’m sure we’ll find something!   Alas, I don’t think it’ll be sloths on this trip - I’ll just have to make a point to come back!

From the land bridge