The world according to me....

After the sea turtle symposium in San Jose, some friends and I decided to spend a few days at Tortuguero. There are two options for going there from San Jose: flying or going by bus/boat. We chose the latter, as it was cheaper and gave us more options to see the flora and fauna. We left the hotel in San Jose at 8:15 am, spent several hours on buses until we got to the canals where we took an hour-long boat trip down to the village of Tortuguero. Half-way through the ride, the way was blocked by a huge tree-trunk that spanned the width of the canal. "No problem," said the boat drivers. A few seconds later a huge chain-saw appeared from the front of the boat, and suddenly they were on top of the log with chainsaw blazing, woodchips flying and water spraying. After cutting through the trunk, one last push with the boat was needed to set the two halves moving down the canal, and give us room to pass. Our marvelling at this was cut short by the sudden onset of a rainshower, but the drivers this time produced raincoats that kept us dry all the way to Tortuguero.....