Sunday, March 30, 2008

Beach Day Part 1 – Cahuita National Park




Warm but not hot, plenty of sunshine, not a cloud in the sky. Saturday promised to be a perfect “Beach Day!” So, we hiked the 2 or so kms to the bus stop and headed off for the beach at Cahuita National Park. We made a pre-beach detour in the village of Cahuita for a walk around town, a stop at the local thrift store and some excellent spicy fried chicken and a beer. By the time we reached the beach the clouds had rolled in and the surf was too rough to suit us. Instead of swimming we decided to just hike along the Park trail that parallels the beach. We got to see many regimens of army ants in action (photo did not turn out well) and some hard-working leaf cutter ants (look hard under the green leafs in the photo). As we were leaving the Park we watched 3 very small white-faced monkeys playing in a large tree…cute to watch – hard to photograph!!!

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