Wet....Wet...Wet....

Well, finally we found an internet cafe again - it's been a while!

When we last wrote we were in Puerto Viejo - honestly - my favourite place in CR so far - Monica - you would LOVE it (we already bought your salsa by the way - see I always think of you - even on holidays)!!

We went to the Sloth Sanctuary outside Cahuita on the Caribbean Coast - what an amazing place. After a sssllloowww canoe ride through an estruary, we finally got to see the sloths. Amazing animals - with very soft fur (we could touch the adult ones, not the babies though). This sanctuary was started when people dropped off injured sloths at this house - since then it has now grown to be quite large with a hospital and houses approx. 65 sloths. Their goal is reintroduction, however many are so injured they cannot be reintroduced. Babies cannot either as they must learn from their mothers but as they are hand reared they would die in the wild. We actually got to see 3 week old babies!!!! So cute - we took many pictures so will show when we get home. One reason for all the injuries is MAN - sloths climb the hydro lines and get electrocuted - hence some sloths required one arm to be amputated or destroyed.

The following day (more rain but not as much) we travelled 5 hours by public bus back to San Jose to catch a flight to Drake Bay - on the south coast of the Pacific side. We flew Nature Air - 19 seater - very good flight - no movie though!!! After landing in a field (and I mean field - surrounded by a fence to keep the cows and horses out), we took a truck to our resort (?) Pirate Cove. Nice place - not luxurius in the least!!!! Oh yeah - it rained again!!! After settling in, we were in bed by 8PM as we were going whale watching the next morning at 6AM.

The seas were rough that day (not that bad actually) but we did get to see many spotted dolphins, sea rays and a sea turtle swimming by (approx. 30 miles from shore). No whales though after almost 4 hrs at sea!! (it rained sporatically)

Back to shore (oh yeah - it rained a bit more!!) we had a swim in the ocean, showered, napped and then dinner. In bed by 8:45 to rise and shine for a Jungle hike at 6 through Corcovada National Park. Our guide Edwin was great!! Very knowledgeable - however the mammals, etc were not very cooporative - we did see some coatis and a few howler monkeys, but not much more. A scarlet macaw flew by and sat in a tree above us throwing almonds at us!! - but too far up to see clearly even with a telescope. It was a great day though - lots of fresh air and no rain!!!!!!!!!!! To the boat for a 30 min ride back to Pirate Cove - but on the way, we got to see our whale - a mother Humpback with her baby!!!! Amazing sight!!!!!!

Back to Pirate cove for a swim, shower, game of Cribbage and dinner and in bed by 9!!!! The next moring, we took a 1 hr boat ride to Sierpe, caught a taxi to Palmar Sur to catch our flight to Quepos. Again - the runway is a small paved patch in a field with a fence around it to keep the cows and horses out.

So now we are in Quepos - and guess what - it has rained twice since we arrived - did I mention it rained all last night in Drake Bay (Bahai Drake)!!!

We are now at Villa Roca - with air conditioning so maybe our clothes will finally dry. We've hooked up with our friends Andrew and Wesley and they seem to be having a relaxing time.

That's all for now folks - chat again soon before we head home!!