pacman357
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:30:00 PM
Another monkey. Much easier to see in the original 2mb format, you can C&P, then enlarge for detail. This is a spider monkey. We saw several of these, still in the Tortuguero area with this shot, although we saw them elsewhere in the country. These guys are tough to shoot without a good telephoto lens, as they spend most of their time high up in the trees.

The Tortuguero National Park info. is available online, BTW. Just Google. One thing I suspect you won't see is the large sign alongside the river where it warns in Spanish that you're about to enter a manatee zone, and to slow down.

As I was calculating the Spanish and translating in my head, I looked over and saw our guide had us sailing along at 50KPH, and that he didn't slow down a bit when we past that sign. Since most of our group spoke little or no Spanish, I asked him about that in Spanish, so as to not embarass the driver. Turns out there aren't any manatees in the area, according to the guide.

Sort of made me wonder why the hell they have a 50' high sign saying otherwise!2098498.JPG

hoyodude
Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:01:00 AM
Damn, pac, sounds like my kind of trip.

Thanks for posting the pics.

Propadope61
Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:01:00 AM
I didnt give you permission to post a picture of me
pacman357
Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:42:00 PM
#2 My pleasure. We really caught some breaks, what with good weather (especially in a rain forest), wildlife coming out where we could see it, etc.

#3 I was told you are a howler monkey. Different species.

jackconrad
Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:57:00 PM
God , ithought i'd never see the Pics of you..