Tortuguero

On the weekend I went on a tour to the area of Tortuguero. It is located in North East Costa Rica on the Carribean Coast. It is a remote area but is visited a lot by tourists. Mainly beacuse it is the area (one of only a handfull in the world) where Leatherback and Green turtles come to breed and lay there eggs. However that occurs in the rainly season (July-Nov) so I missed out. It does rain a lot there 6000mm (cubed) per year.I spend two days exploring the local area and had a fantastic time.

¿Going Bananas?
To get there you have to take a bus ride most of which is on unsealed roads, on the way we passed though huge banana plantations where we stopped and had a look at the Del Monte Banana processing plant. Where they select wash and wax the bananas for packing. ¿Did you know? They get women to select the bananas because they do a better job. Men are too lazy and pick the bad bananas. I have this whole new appreciation for bananas now after watching these people work.

? Muchos animales¿
After the bus ride you have to take a 25Km boat ride into the village. The village and national park of Tortuguero is inaccessable by roads and the village and surrounding national parks is actually a series of rivers and canals. You can see more on the boats as you can see the tops of trees where most animals are. We had a fantastic guide Fernando who is studying biology so he was really knowledgable and passionate about his job. Went boating down narrow canals, for walks through the jungle, and along the beach. I got to see heaps of animals such as:
- Monkeys (howler and squirrel)
- Numerous birds
- Crocodiles
- Leaf ants
- Morpho butterflies
- Poison Dart Frogs
- Sloths (both 2 and 3 toed)
I did also see a Toucan however it was in a cage which is kinda sad but they are still amazing birds to look at.

Back to School!
I still dislike Mondays (the only difference is that here they are called Lunes) it is hard to go back to studying after having such a fun weekend. Especially now we have a new teacher who I am not very impressed with. My last teacher was great this one is terrible. She does not explain concepts she just assumes we know them. When teaching us verb conjugations she only tells us regular verbs (and when we ask her to conjugate the irregular she seems unimpressed) frankly when we ask her any questions or for exlainations (basically to do her job she seems unimpressed). To top it off she taught us the incorrect conjugations for the past tense it was only until one of my classmates pointed it out to her 3 times did she realise her mistake. No good. Anyway Still having fun !Pura Vida¡