American Dreams Come with the Night
Nighttime in Costa Rica was dreamy and wildly exotic. To be able to go there was a dream come true.
The sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the beach at Manuel Antonio.
Another sunset scene.
The next day, we took a nature hike in the Manuel Antonio national forest with a guide who spotted wildlife for us. He took pictures with our cameras through his telescope, mounted on a tripod. This picture is of the Jesus Christ lizard, I believe, so named because it can run across water.
In the center is a three-toed sloth and its baby. Sloths move so slowly, moss begins to grow in its fur, making a greenish cast.
White-faced monkeys take tourists' knapsacks off the beach and high into the trees, where they taste each item and throw it down if it isn't edible. After a hot hike in the forest, we luxuriated in the Pacific waters of the adjacent beach, with one person remaining on the sand as designated knapsack-watcher. Costa Rican raccoons were another threat to our snacks.
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