Costa Rica Day 7

Breakfast with a Toucan

I have been hearing Toucans and hearing about seeing toucans for days but never saw one. This was frustrating because one of my stated goals was to see one. Then at breakfast it finally happened!! Here is a close-up of that bird: 

 Here is the same picture zoomed out. If you look closely you can see a little yellow spec on top of the tree..

Beach at Manuel Antonio

We had a wonderful excursion to the beach today. The hotel had a concierge service that set up chairs and a cabana for you. From our spot we watched surfers, para-sailers and other beach occupants.

 After enough body surfing to twist us around and turn us upside down. We returned to the hotel for a quick swim in the pool and a late lunch. The pool was fun because it had a water slide. Unfortunately, it also had a concrete bench at the edge of the pool painted the same color as the bottom.  I smashed one of my toes into it! Walking is kind of painful and one of my toes turned black.

Lunch

We had some unexpected guests who really just wanted to hangout at the bar. Several of our new friends brought their “kids” along. If you look closely at the picture above you’ll see a baby monkey riding on its mothers back.  Here’s a close-up of a monkey momma suckling her baby.

After spending late afternoon hobbling around and doing some shopping we found a great restaurant up the street. OK, it was actually recommended by Melissa. (We are tired of the hotel restaurant) It’s just up the street from our hotel. And I do mean UP.

Even though it’s a short distance, it’s difficult to walk because there’s sections of sidewalk missing and it’s a curvy road. But the food was delicious. It’s called Emilio’s.