Limon to Tortuguero

Author: Jorge
Location: Limon to Tortuguero
This morning after a delicious breakfast we took a five minute van ride over too the docks where we were greeted by Willis. Once aboard his two launches and well on our way to Tortuguero, I realized that I had left my bag and my passport on the bus*. The reason I lost my passport with my bag was that I did not feel the need to tell the staff that I, in fact had two passports, only one of which I turned in when explicitly asked for my official documents. This situation was not as bad as it seems for I had remembered my two bags of snacks. So while I munched on my snacks and enjoyed the jungle tour my fears about the location of my passport slowly faded. The jungle tour was amazing!! We saw lots of wildlife. We got within almost reaching distance of the granddaddy of all crocodiles while we discussed who could wrassel him into submission. Then we were set upon by a whole group of monkeys who were obviously trying to tell us something by the way they screamed at us. All too soon we arrived at the hotel on the river. We spent the next hour trying to discover how many people you can fit into four hammocks (eleven for those who are wondering). From Willis we walked over to museum were we learned EVERYTHING there is to know about green sea turtles. Armed with this knowledge we attacked the trash on the beach so that the turtles might have a clean spot to lay their eggs, (100-120 per nest). That night our turtle knowledge came in handy, as we tracked down one in order to observe her laying her eggs in the dead of night. This is made especially hard by the fact that turtles are so fast on the land. After watching her lay her eggs we all realized we were dead tired and decided to go to bed. Tomorrow would be another full day.

*Don't worry I got my passport back. Hi Mom!
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