on to cano negro

So..as I mentioned in the last blog, on day 2 in Arenal we woke up to howler monkeys at 5am (I thought we were being attacked!! I nudged Isabel, but she was not interested). We boarded a large van with other folks and headed to Cano Negro Wildlife Preserve on the border of Nicaragua. The drive up was a true look into the 3rd world country we were visiting: houses with dirt floors along the way, school kids and random dogs running amuck. Our first stop was a small roadside cafe with iguanas all over the place. Who knew that iguanas live in trees? Weird. We drove on...Very hot and very poor. We finally reached our destination out in BFE and boarded a small flatboat. We trolled down a river through the preserve and saw monkeys, sloths, jesus lizards, caiman, bats on trees, etcc... check out the photos