Another Nature Hike

Since we are so close to the Manuel Antonio National Park, we walked with Danny, our naturalist guide, on yet another nature walk.  And despite the fact that we have gone on four other hikes, we have seen different flora and fauna.

Danny showed us bats, birds (the best was the yellow throated toucan) and lizards and Susanna found a pretty green snake. We saw more howler monkeys and white faced monkeys, several sloths and a beautiful amorphous butterfly. The amorphous has irridesent blue wings but when they land they fold their wings and all you can see is the brown underside. 

At the end of the hike was the ocean and beautiful beaches.  The hotel sent towels, water and fresh fruit that we enjoyed after our swim. 

For our evening meal we took a cab into town and found a bar where we could enjoy the sunset and then had dinner at this fabulous seafood restaurant called "Z". We ordered a fish platter with enough fish to feed 6 but there was only 4 of us. We ate barracuda, Mahi Mahi, sea bass, tuna, salmon and ceviche!  Stuffed!