{"id":208,"date":"2008-12-31T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anirama.com\/costarica\/?p=208"},"modified":"2008-12-31T23:00:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T07:00:51","slug":"new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/trip\/costarica\/new-years-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After dinner, Eric and I went on another frog hunt \u2013 no frogs this time, even in the lodge\u2019s \u2018Frog Garden\u2019, but we did encounter a couple of iguanas and another giant spider that took a particular interest in Eric. We were able to take close up pictures of a small iguana that was standing on a flower using a flashlight to light her up with. She wasn\u2019t bothered at all by our presence, even though we got within a foot of her for some of the shots. She was still there at 5:30am the next morning when I stopped by to see her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190568368\/\" title=\"Iguana on the Road by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3118\/3190568368_ca246f830e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Iguana on the Road\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iguana on the road, caught in our flashlight beam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190568588\/\" title=\"Posed Iguana by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3388\/3190568588_0feb7b1dfc.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Posed Iguana\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posed iguana, lit with a flashlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190568866\/\" title=\"Posed Iguana by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3517\/3190568866_6074e51987.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Posed Iguana\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In her face, and she didn&#8217;t mind at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3189723581\/\" title=\"Posed Iguana by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3322\/3189723581_5031c82774.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Posed Iguana\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mysterious backlit version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3189724045\/\" title=\"Night Flower by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3124\/3189724045_e42f67e5f7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Night Flower\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain soaked flower, lit with a flashlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3190569242\/\" title=\"Night Flower by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3411\/3190569242_396d022029.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Night Flower\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of rain drops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not being be NYE partiers, we hung out on the porch reading and watching the rain before packing it in well before midnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After dinner, Eric and I went on another frog hunt \u2013 no frogs this time, even in the lodge\u2019s \u2018Frog Garden\u2019, but we did encounter a couple of iguanas and another giant spider that took a particular interest in Eric. 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