Today was the day all of us were really looking forward to. Today we were going to Manuel Antonio National Park. This park is located on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and is known for its abundant wildlife and spectacular beaches. We began our day with a short hike through the forest to the beach.
As I said before, Manuel Antonio is full of wildlife. On just our short hike, we saw nearly 2-dozen howler monkeys, numerous frogs, and the three-toed sloth pictured above. It was neat to see these animals in their actual habitats.
We spent most of the day swimming in the water and playing Frisbee. It was a very relaxing and fun day!
When we came back, we decided to eat our lunch we brought.
The animals in the park know that bags have food. As a result, the animals
steal the bags if you don’t have someone constantly sitting by them. We had
2-foot iguanas, raccoons, and monkeys try to steal our food. This shows how
close the monkeys got to us trying to get our bags. At one point we had 6
monkeys within 10 feet of us!
It was such a fun day at Manuel Antonio with this amazing
group of people.
On our way back from Manuel Antonio, we stopped by a
restaurant called El Avion. It features a AC-130 that the U.S. sold to
Nicaragua during the Iran-Contra Crisis. It never made it to Nicaragua and is
now a restaurant. You can sit in the cockpit, and the actual body of the plane
is now a bar. I have no idea how the airplane was transported here. The roads
in this area are steep and extremely narrow! We ended the day by going out for
dinner in Quepos. After walking around for awhile, we found a restaurant with
live music. We thought it would be neat to listen to a Costa Rican band. Turns
out, the band was from Alabama and played country music. Today was another
incredible day in Costa Rica!
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