Today was a travel day but not your ordinary road trip we started off with an hour long boat ride through the canals. These are the only 'roads' in and out of Tortuguero. We stopped at the bus station, where people either come to get a bus after leaving Tortuguero or they can get a boat to Tortuguero . Had some breakfast then started our journey by bus. We had about a 3 hour bus ride before stopping for lunch. Next we would be taking a tractor for 2 hours into th...

We woke up to another rainy day...but this one was a little different...at breakfast the power went out, which also meant no phones and no water! We lazed around the hotel for a bit reading hoping the rain would let up, after a couple hours it became clear that wasn't going to happen so we decided the rain wouldn't beat us and we got a taxi (boat) into town. What else do 5 girls do on a rainy day? Shop! We wandered in and out of all the shops in Tortuguero, th...

We woke up to another rainy day...but this one was a little different...at breakfast the power went out, which also meant no phones and no water! We lazed around the hotel for a bit reading hoping the rain would let up, after a couple hours it became clear that wasn't going to happen so we decided the rain wouldn't beat us and we got a taxi (boat) into town. What else do 5 girls do on a rainy day? Shop! We wandered in and out of all the shops in Tortuguero, th...

You know when you get something in your mind that sounds really good to eat and you can't stop thinking about it until you have it? Banana pancakes...we stumbled upon a local bakery yesterday and saw they served breakfast, on the menu banana pancakes...so naturally that's what I had to have for breakfast this morning...one word delicious! They also had banana bread, so I got a piece for the road... We took an hour long bus ride into Limon where we stopped to get...

Today started off a little overcast, by the time we were done breakfast the sky was blue and the sun was out! Too bad it didn't last for long, as it turns out there is a reason they call it the rain forest I'm sitting in a hammock outside my hotel room watching the rain come down. A few of the girls went to the Jaguar rescue center today, it's run by a family from Spain they take in injured animals and house them until they can be released back into the wild, be...