Puerto Viejo

It was raining again this morning but we decided that if you don’t go out when it is raining you might never get out so we rented some bikes and went for a ride… a very wet ride. It was more fun in the afternoon when the rain finally stopped. You can rent bikes at every other store here so it is obviously one of the most common ways for tourists to get around. Clearly they don’t have the hill’s we have in Monteverde!

We went to the Jaguar rescue centre which rescues all kinds of animals in the area. We saw toucans, owls, sloths, monkeys, raccoon, snakes, frogs and of course a couple of wild cats similar to jaguars. Some were exotic pets that were abandoned, others were wild life that have been injured by humans, by hydro wires, others just abandoned by their mothers etc.

So we are now staying in a hotel that is virtually bug free compared to the house we are renting in Monteverde or at least that is how it appears. I am inclined to say this is not the case because Douglas now has some of the biggest bites I have ever seen!
Some of the worst bites we have received are from the insects you can hardly see. Here is a picture of a few dozen very small red ants. Yeah I can't see them either but when they are moving you can.