December 25 - 26, 2015 @ Tortuguero, Costa Rica


Nature Air

Got lucky, found a $10 airfare to Tortuguero

Tortuguero National Park

Palm forests in the park

2 pilots no flight attendant

The airport is only accessible by boat

Hotel Tortuguero Natural B&B

Not bad for $30 a night

Ocean view too

Green lizard

Trail marker #38

Spider

Beetle with crown leg

El Gavilan Trail through Tortuguero National Park

Colorful lizard

Finish

Not suitable for swimming

The beaches around Tortuguero are key nesting sites for four species of sea turtle

Turtle nesting season is July through October

Caribbean Sea Beach at Tortuguero

Getting wash out

White foam from the ocean

Rainbow

Catch

Desperate for coconuts

Like a mirror

Small snake

Eyelash Palm Pitviper

Hotel Tortuguero Natural B&B

Tortuguero village

Plastic bottle Christmas tree

Recycle bin

Fish

Restaurant Fresh Foods

Spider

Bird

Fire ant

Snake on the tree

Full moon

Spider

What is this?

Running around us

Nine-banded armadillo

Opossum

Frog

Red-eyed tree frog

Our night walking tour was awesome!

Canal tours

Disco

$300 a night resort yet they pack many customers in one boat

Boat-billed Heron

What is there?

Geoffroy spider monkey

Looking for food

What is at the tummy

Monkey mom and baby

Iguana

Exposing himself to attract mate

Green macaw

Golden-mantled howling monkey

Many of them

River otter

We are so lucky, they are rare to spot

Mangrove forests

White-headed capuchin

Baby is so cute

Fly

Spectacled caiman

Caiman to lizard: I am watching you

Three-toed sloth

3 hours boat ride out of Tortuguero

Rest stop

Golden-mantled howling monkey

3 or 4 of them