Pura Vida!

Hello everyone! We are enjoying our trip like you wouldn´t believe!!

Our first full day (Wednesday, June 30th) in Costa Rica was a busy one! We visited Aviaros del Caribe, a rehab center for sloths. We learned about the species and saw rescued sloths and the newborns up close and personal! Miles and Kiara were brave enough to go cheek to cheek with a sloth, making one awesome photograph!!

We had a delicious lunch at the rehab center and then went for a canoe ride in the nearby river. We discovered first hand the amazing diversity of plants and animals in this country. We saw herons, crabs, iguanas, sloths, and some spotted the monkeys (while everyone else DEFINITELY heard them!)

After the Sloth Center, we hopped on the bus to our hotel in Limon. We learned that Limon was named after the abundant source of lemons that settlers found here. We they arrived, they were dehydrated and very sick and in desperate need of Vitamin C. When they discovered the lemons, they scarfed them down, pulp in all!! In turn, they named the town Limon!!

At our hotel, we went for a swim in the Carribean and took some amazing pictures of the incredible shoreline. The kids were ecstatic when they put their masks on and saw the coral reefs below and the accompanying fish!!

Before dinner, we listened to a local sea turtle conservator discuss his efforts to protest the critically endangered Leatherback turtle. After dinner, we took the bus for a 2 hour ride to check out the first hand ritual of the Leatherbacks laying their precious eggs, but missed the turtle by minutes!

We drove back to our hotel and had a few hours sleep before the start to our next exciting day!