Weather continues to be exceptional as you’ll see in the pictures. After our first times ever in Colombia and Panama, we are now in our first visit to Costa Rica.
The locals at Puntarenas greeted us with lots of friendliness.
Our excursion today is a bus ride to the Tarcoles River for a river boat tour in the Costa Rican rain forest. Here’s a few pictures taken from the bus as we headed out.
After an hour or so we arrived at the river dock and set out on our adventure.
So what did we see? Well. herons, hawks, fly catchers, cormorants, iguanas, lizards, and most especially crocodiles. Costa Rica has LOTS of crocodiles. No alligators. What’s the difference? See here. We were worried that we hadn’t brought any insect repellent, but thankfully there were no bugs. These pictures are roughly in the order I took them from the boat.
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Some general scenic views along the way. What do they fish for in the Tarcoles? Tilapia, mullet, tarpon, and snook.
More cool birds:
And finally a stop at what I’ll call Crocodile Beach.
After the boat trip there was a stop at a very nice place with a huge gift shop / snack bar / restaurant / rest rooms. And then back to the ship for a 5:00 PM departure for El Salvador. Tomorrow is a sea day. Dinner was in the World Cafe. Cocktails pre-dinner in the Living Room and post-dinner in the Explorer Bar.
See you on the morrow.
What a nice welcome to Costa Rica.
I always loved your pics during a walkabout, but these pics on your river boat ride along the rain forest are spectacular. What fabulous birds, lizards, iguanas and, oh my, those crocodiles. Yikes. I hope that guy in the tiny red boat didn’t end up as lunch for one of those crocs! Yup, crocodile beach is aptly named.
WOW those pics were great. It must have been a strange feeling to see all those big crocs in their daily environment. Keep moving the boat forward, right. The one with the mouth wide open was thinking lunch had arrived!
Love the sassy crocodile smiling at you! Glad the boat didn’t spring a leak!
Wonderful colorful pictures. Glad the weather is holding in your favor. It really changes the experience.
Now I want to go eat a banana!!! Just not so green as yours! 🤣