{"id":188,"date":"2008-12-31T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anirama.com\/costarica\/?p=188"},"modified":"2008-12-31T20:00:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T04:00:11","slug":"tortuguero-river-tour-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/trip\/costarica\/tortuguero-river-tour-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortuguero River Tour, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After breakfast this morning we visited with the resident spider, who lives on a 3 foot wide web just outside the breakfast area. She was the same type as I saw last night, which leads me to assume that they\u2019re not too dangerous. She was busy repairing her web from, one must imagine, a busy night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 333px;\"><a title=\"Another big spider by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3189710799\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3334\/3189710799_c300465cdf.jpg\" alt=\"Another big spider\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fixing her web.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Split into three groups of about 15 each, we loaded into open tour boats for our first visit with the Tortuguero wild life. In a short amount of time we had already spotted more birds that I could keep track of, giant iguanas, spider monkeys and howler monkeys. The tour lasted about two hours, so we had time to go deep back into some of the canals and listen to the sounds of the rain forest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Photo Op by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3189711925\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3489\/3189711925_183a2e8fea.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Op\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fellow travelers, monkey spotting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"White Faced Spider Monkey by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190567116\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3387\/3190567116_e4ca137ff1.jpg\" alt=\"White Faced Spider Monkey\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">White-Faced Spider Monkey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Howler Monkey by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190567454\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3396\/3190567454_ba006da44c.jpg\" alt=\"Howler Monkey\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howler Monkey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Iguana by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190556524\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3385\/3190556524_4a31e98430.jpg\" alt=\"Iguana\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iguana on a log.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Iguana in a tree by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190557206\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3438\/3190557206_e28fc6d8a6.jpg\" alt=\"Iguana in a tree\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bigger iguana, in a tree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Hidden Lizard by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190565010\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3535\/3190565010_de5e62db3a.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Lizard\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Find the hidden lizard. Somehow our guide did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Hidden Lizard - Closeup by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3189719775\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3260\/3189719775_5b87438dc1.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Lizard - Closeup\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easier to see closeup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Bats by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3189711271\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3443\/3189711271_ed640e16ac.jpg\" alt=\"Bats\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bats. They live on the underside of this tree&#8217;s trunk during the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 333px;\"><a title=\"Green Heron by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190558346\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3417\/3190558346_71e72f2020.jpg\" alt=\"Green Heron\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green Heron.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 333px;\"><a title=\"Heron by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190558076\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3079\/3190558076_7e060673bf.jpg\" alt=\"Heron\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Heron.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back to the lodge for a break, then some more sights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After breakfast this morning we visited with the resident spider, who lives on a 3 foot wide web just outside the breakfast area. She was the same type as I saw last night, which leads me to assume that they\u2019re not too dangerous. 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