In Transition

I have a bunch of pictures I would like to upload, but I´m not currently on my laptop, but at an internet cafe on the way to the next stop. We´re on our first field trip (we´re in between Carara National Park and Santa Rosa National Park). I´ve seen a bunch of cool places and animals, but I can´t share the experience with you until I get my latop in a week when we get to Monteverde. BUT, just as a teaser, I´ll give you a taste of what I´ve done this past week: We were in a cloud forest at Cerro de la Muerte. There was some beautiful hummingbirds. We spent some time in a mangrove swamp at Sierpe. We spent four nights at San Pedrillo, which is a beach. In the day time we hiked around through rainforests and visited Isla del Cano, a small island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We saw lots of animals like Scarlet Macaws, various types of monkies, lizards, colorful frogs, etc. We´ve been camping along the way and it´s brutal. The humidity is just off the charts. Because we´re at remote camp sites, there are some terrible stretches where we go days without showering properly. So we´re just a big group of stinky people (at least I imagine we are to other people; we can´t really tell). Last night we were at a hotel for the first time in five days. Let me tell ya, it was glorious. Showers. Beds. AC. TV. Dry air. Wow..... Now we´re about to go to camping again at Santa Rosa. It´s a drier climate than what we just left, but it´s still humid and rainy. So much to look forward to...... Adios til we get internet again. I promise I´ll have pictures then.