Arrival and the Tortuguero Region

1 San Jose from the hotel	2 Driving through the countryside outside San Jose	3	4
5	6 A river flowing from the area of the Arenal volcano	7 Sulphur taints the water flowing from the Arenal volcano region	8 Wild orchids
9 Bromeliads	10 A type of banana	11	12 Sid the sloth is hiding in the trees
13 A type of ficus tree	14	15	16 Passing a banana plantation
17	18 Vendor at our embarkation point on a tributary of the Rio Tortugueo at Guapiles	19 Sceenes along the Rio Tortuguero	20
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25	26 Question: Why are all these footprints in the mud?	27 Answer: because our boat got stuck on a sandbar and we had to get off along with all our luggage	28
29	30 Our version of the African Queen	31 OK everyone, on the count of three, 1--2--3 ..............	32
33	34	35 About an hour later everyone was back on the boat and we continued our trip	36 Sam the spider greeting us in the morning
37 Sam is a golden orb web spider	38	39 Sam saying goodnight	40 Views of the Pachira Lodge
41 Flowers on the grounds	42	43	44
45 A toucan in the tree above our room	46 The swimming pool at the Lodge	47	48 Rio Tortuguero from the dock of Pachira Lodge
49 Looking toward the town of Tortuguero	50	51	52
53 Heading out in the morning on the Rio Tortuguero	54	55 Touring the tributaries in Tortuguero National Prk	56
57 A Northern Jacana searching for food	58	59 An Anhinga sunning itself	60
61 A little blue heron	62	63	64 A bare-throated tiger heron
65	66 Squirrel monkey in the trees	67 A lesser yellow headed vulture	68
69	70 A green heron	71	72
73	74	75	76 A fasciated tiger heron
77	78	79 "Sid" the sloth putting on a show for us	80
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85	86 Is that the Loch Ness Monster?	87	88
89	90 A green ctenosaur iguana	91	92
93	94 Monkeys in the trees	95	96
97	98	99	100 A caiman in the river
101 A wind scorpion spider	102	103 A "Jesus Christ" lizard that can "walk" on water	104
105 A green basilisk lizard	106 Corcovado tree roots along the banks	107	108 A blue tipped heron
109	110 Tortuguero town from the river