Manuel Antonio NP and other Ramblings
Trip Start
Dec 17, 2006
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Trip End
Jan 05, 2007
Quepos, Costa Rica
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Today we hit the beautiful beaches of Manuel Antonio National Park, which is just a 10 minute bus ride from our hostel. We walked with Ani in the shady area along the beach, giving her some morning exercise. Then we decided to hike a little in the coastal jungle to check out some of the views of the shoreline. That's when we had our first natural encounter - a group of cappucian monkeys. The were just "hanging out" (har har) and letting us take as many pictures as we wanted. On the hike Ani fell asleep in the baby backpack, so when we made it back to the beach she got a good 1.5 hour nap in it in the shade. So we were left with time to relax on the beach. I went for a little swim and tried to take a nap but had no luck. It was nice to think about what meetings were going on while I lazed on the beach. Sarah took to herding little hermit crabs and Libby walked around the rocks in off the shore. Once Ani woke up we took her swimming, which she enjoyed allot. On our walk out of the park we saw more monkeys and lots of iguanas.
Other Stuff
One of the nice things about having Libby around is that we get more of a taste of the local culture since she has been living here for a months. For instance we went shopping for food and she picked up this thing that looked like a brain, but turned out to be a vegetable called the coyhote. She fried one up for us and it tasted really good - kind of like a crunchy potato.
