Friday the 13th of May around 4:45pm, San Jose area experienced a 6.0 earthquake. It was raining and thundering outside when the quake started. I thought it was just more thunder when it started, but it was a quake that lasted 16 seconds, or so. I wasn't all that worried about shake damage, but I was concerned about landslides as we are on the side of a mountain and it had been raining when the quake hit. But, everything turned out okay.
Saturday morning we decided to head to the Caribbean side of the country and we ended up in Cahuita. My first instinct was to run away home, but decided to give it a chance. Good thing I did, because it was the most chill place that I have been anywhere including Oregon and California. The national forest was beautiful and the park encompassed the beach and jungle. The village of Cahuita was comfortable and friendly.
When we arrived it was around 3:30 in the afternoon and we took a short hike into the park. Howler monkeys and white faced caupuchins were in the trees above us. We stopped counting after we had seen nearly 50 monkeys, probably a few different groups. We spotted a few sloths and many lizards and crabs.
There were different types of crabs blue, orange and white. The white crabs were larger than the others and we found many in town on the roads. We came to the conclusion this was a seasonal event. We found lodging at the National Park Hotel on the beach. It was $45 for the night with A/C. We met Ronnie, who drove a red moped when off work, and helped us with our accommodations.
Our room was quite, it faced the water, and we had the entire hotel to ourselves except for one other couple.
We ate at a Tico place for dinner, the kind with 3 open sides and a kitchen in the back. It was good food. That is where we met the owner/chef Walter.
We hiked to just beyond the point and turned back. We had lunch then spent a few hours on the beach before heading home. Live sand dollars littered the ocean floor just inside the small breakers and broken coral branches decorated the beach.
Saturday morning we decided to head to the Caribbean side of the country and we ended up in Cahuita. My first instinct was to run away home, but decided to give it a chance. Good thing I did, because it was the most chill place that I have been anywhere including Oregon and California. The national forest was beautiful and the park encompassed the beach and jungle. The village of Cahuita was comfortable and friendly.
When we arrived it was around 3:30 in the afternoon and we took a short hike into the park. Howler monkeys and white faced caupuchins were in the trees above us. We stopped counting after we had seen nearly 50 monkeys, probably a few different groups. We spotted a few sloths and many lizards and crabs.
There were different types of crabs blue, orange and white. The white crabs were larger than the others and we found many in town on the roads. We came to the conclusion this was a seasonal event. We found lodging at the National Park Hotel on the beach. It was $45 for the night with A/C. We met Ronnie, who drove a red moped when off work, and helped us with our accommodations.
Our room was quite, it faced the water, and we had the entire hotel to ourselves except for one other couple.
We ate at a Tico place for dinner, the kind with 3 open sides and a kitchen in the back. It was good food. That is where we met the owner/chef Walter.
sloth
howler monkeys
The next morning we were up at 6:00am and in the park. We saw animals galore.
a little spray
sloth
blue crab
more spray
moody fungus
photo shoot
lilia
white faced capuchin
We hiked to just beyond the point and turned back. We had lunch then spent a few hours on the beach before heading home. Live sand dollars littered the ocean floor just inside the small breakers and broken coral branches decorated the beach.
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