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 1 San Jose from the hotel |
 2 Driving through the countryside outside San Jose |
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 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 |
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 12 Sid the sloth is hiding in the trees |
 13 A type of ficus tree |
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 16 Passing a banana plantation |
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 18 Vendor at our embarkation point on a tributary of the Rio Tortugueo at Guapiles |
 19 Sceenes along the Rio Tortuguero |
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 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 |
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 30 Our version of the African Queen |
 31 OK everyone, on the count of three, 1--2--3 .............. |
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 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 |
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 39 Sam saying goodnight |
 40 Views of the Pachira Lodge |
 41 Flowers on the grounds |
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 45 A toucan in the tree above our room |
 46 The swimming pool at the Lodge |
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 48 Rio Tortuguero from the dock of Pachira Lodge |
 49 Looking toward the town of Tortuguero |
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 53 Heading out in the morning on the Rio Tortuguero |
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 55 Touring the tributaries in Tortuguero National Prk |
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 57 A Northern Jacana searching for food |
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 59 An Anhinga sunning itself |
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 61 A little blue heron |
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 64 A bare-throated tiger heron |
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 66 Squirrel monkey in the trees |
 67 A lesser yellow headed vulture |
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 70 A green heron |
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 76 A fasciated tiger heron |
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 79 "Sid" the sloth putting on a show for us |
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 86 Is that the Loch Ness Monster? |
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 90 A green ctenosaur iguana |
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 94 Monkeys in the trees |
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 100 A caiman in the river |
 101 A wind scorpion spider |
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 103 A "Jesus Christ" lizard that can "walk" on water |
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 106 Corcovado tree roots along the banks |
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 108 A blue tipped heron |
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 110 Tortuguero town from the river |
