Tortuguero and the Arenal Region

1 Walking through the rain forest near the Pachira Lodge	2 New leaves on a plant	3	4
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9 A termite nest next to a tree	10	11	12 Spider monkeys in the trees
13	14 How to relax in the rain forest	15 The Sea Turtle Conservancy in Tortuguero National Park	16 Leaf cutters marching through the forest
17	18 Art work at the Sea Turtle Conservancy	19 The beach at Tortuguero	20 This is where sea turtles come to lay their eggs
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25 An unknown coloful bird of the rain forest	26 Debris on the beach	27 Walking through the town of Tortuguero	28
29	30	31	32 Tortuguero's main street
33	34 The town market	35	36 A "cousin" of our dog taking a siesta
37 Hey, I can sleep anywhere at any time	38 Small church in Tortugero	39	40 Red palms
41 Street sculpture	42 Green parrots in the trees	43	44
45 Some of the local dogs having a good time	46	47	48 Rio Tortugero from the town landing
49 Crabs living under the walkways at the Lodge	50 Howler monkeys in the trees	51	52 Leaving the Pachira Lodge for Guaplies and the Arenal region
53 Highlands along a tributary of the Rio Tortuguero	54 A caiman hising under a fallen tree	55	56 Scenes alon one of the Rio Tortuguero's tributaries
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61	62 Caimans sunning themselves on the banks	63	64 Help was needed to get us over a final sandbar near Guapiles
65 Black vultures in a tree	66 Variuos types of vultures in a tree along the riverbank	67 Black and turkey vultures on a riverbank	68
69 Landin at Guapiles	70 Bird nests of the Montezuma Oropendola	71 A sample of a "living fence" used in farm fileds	72 Cattle doing what comes naturally on a sunny afternoon
73 Views of the countryside on the way to a banana plantation	74	75	76
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81	82 A banana plantation near Guapiles	83 Inside a banana plantation	84 Covers are used to protect the banana crop
85	86	87	88 Edgar, our tour guide giving a lesson about growing bananas
89	90	91	92 Driving towards the highlands and the Arenal region
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