A Day Lost, A Blue River and Onward

Once again, I am lost.  After somehow unknowingly losing a day and overstaying in La Fortuna, I turned too soon and took a ‘shortcut’ to Bijagua that involved going over a dirt and rock road for about 15 km with potholes the size of small swimming pools (in a Toyota Yaris). The good news is that I made it here but now have only one night to stay.  Too bad!  The hosts and staff are really nice and didn’t charge me for the night I missed.  Wow!  Amazing!  The forest around my cabina has four sloths (two with babies) and other wildlife, and the restaurant, the Hummingbird Café, has delicious meals!  Ah, such is life! 

Backtracking a bit – I am still not sure how I lost a day, but when I checked out this morning my lovely hosts (Adrien and Irene) kindly asked if I had a copy of my reservation.  After going back and forth in Spanish, I realized it was the 19^th and that I just misplaced a day!  They didn’t mind and I was happy to spend the extra day at their place.  Irene, is a homeopath and a lovely woman who showed me a beautiful and rare bird and made delicious breakfasts.  We became close despite the language barrier and we promised to email.  I also was happy to have spent the extra day because the sun came out, the volcano showed itself and I met four great people who loved looking for birds as much as me!  We found SO many and they invited me along for a nighttime frog tour at their hotel which was amazing! 

Tomorrow I will get lost on my way to Monteverde and will be in a cloud forest (if I find it).  Looking forward to it!  Here are too many photos and I have tried to pick out just a few of my favorites.  I have hundreds and mostly of birds and reptiles.  I do not know the names of all of these and intend to find out when I can get a book.

 

Thanks to my new friend Linda Purvianace for this photo.  Mine was blurry!

The Rio Celeste

 

Vampire bats

Glass frog

Sloths with baby

 

Finally - Arenal!