Pura Vida - Our Costa Rican Adventure

Monkeys can bellow for up to two in half kilometers.  After a languidly three days of aimless wanderings through a endless mirage of roads and trails we learned that Monkeys, as like most animals, are creatures of habit and remain in the same territory over time.  One the greatest tools a tracker has is that animals have a tendency to not travel past a mile.  Being a little impatient to find the monkeys we caught wind that a hotel on the beach was also a refuge for howler monkeys.  Armed with this knowledge we headed there a couple of hours before sunset.  In Costa Rica the bugs foray at dawn and at sunset which means these are the times when a person becomes a walking cloud of chemicals to repel them.  The mosquitoes travel as deep clouds and sometimes swarm you to feed off of your blood just as a vampire slurps the blood of its hapless victims.  The other day Kelly had about thirty buzzing around her head as we watched a spectacular sunset after dining out.  We made it a point to eat at the highest ranking restaurants in our area and there are many!  My wife has learned that tacos are not the same as in America.  

As soon as we made it to the Monkey refuge, Captain Suizo, a most cheerful Howler Monkey played with my cane.  There is nothing intimidating or rough edged about the Monkey and it felt like I was playing with a well behaved child who had curiosity and awe towards the world.  














Very nice to see Monkeys.



































































This concludes the first Monkey expedition.  Stay tuned in for Granada, volcano's, surfing, more restaurants and bars, and whatever else paradise wants to share.  Kelly and I have seen many monkeys while wandering and will post a few more in the future.