Well for some stupid reason, blogger won't let me upload the Capuchin monkey video. Bummer.
Moving on.... On my second to last day in Costa Rica we all went on a little day trip to an island called La Isla Uvita. Some dudes took us out in a motorboat and then gave us a tour of the tiny island. It has an interesting past: CHristopher Columbus stopped here in his travels, later, some nuns built a convent and it became a leprosy island, after that, drug runners took over, and now its just a little island thats nice to visit.
On our hike we visited the foundation of the convent, a few different little coves where sea urchins and fish and even an eel(!) lived. We slipped on slippery mud and got bit by some very large ants. We also collected pretty hermit crabs and slogged through some tidepools (my sneakers got soaked). There was a torrential downpour in there, as well as some snorkelling. It was eventful.
It was a fun but tiring day and I was happy to head back to the Sanctuary that night.
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