A little over a week ago I took a boat ride with some of the other researchers on station and their visiting family members. This is a very touristy thing to do, but I had never seen the Rio Puerto Viejo (which passes under the large suspension bridge at La Selva) or the Rio Sarapiqui via boat! The 3-hour tour (sounds like the start or Gilligan's Island?) was only $10 so I thought this would be a good opportunity to see things from an aquatic viewpoint.
The day started off very sunny (we left the little La Selva dock at 0700 h), but we did see some clouds and a few sprinkles at the very end of the ride.
The river was very beautiful and the trip itself was very relaxing. We also saw lots of wildlife -- mostly birds (e.g., a sunbittern, sungrebe, kingfishers, swallows, anhingas, herons), but we also saw some bats roosting on a tree trunk overhanging the water (Saccopteryx bilineata), a turtle on a downed trunk, and a couple of caiman!
This was a very fun morning trip and a nice way to see different parts of the riparian forest. This would be a great trip to bring visitors on!
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