Day 103 - a tender port. Pop. 14k, climate 90 degrees and 90% humidity. Today was over 100. The town where the rain forest meets the sea. World famous national park Manuel Antonio with wild life and ecosystems - 1700 acres and 136,00 acres of marine reserve containing rain forests, white sand beaches and coral reefs.
The ships tours went really early so we opted to get our excercise, have breakfast and tender in around 9 am. We caught a cab and went to the national park where we spotted numerous white-tailed capuchin monkeys, small black spined iguanas, raccoons, bats, chameleons. The world book of records list the speed of the black spined iguanas as 21.7 mph. We didn't see the 3 toed sloths but others did. Big butterflys were supposed to be abundant but the guide said we were a couple weeks early for them.
The town was about a 20 minute walk from the port and very small but we saw numerous resorts and condos along the road to the park so tourism is alive and well.
Pictures -1 - some of the monkeys - note the baby on the back of the mother, 2- Len at one of the beaches in the park
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