Lunch was chicken, chickpeas, rice and salad with a fruit cocktail of fresh passionfruit, pineapple, and watermelon. They made a wonderfully tasty combination.
In the afternoon, we decided to fork out $20each to take the optional tour to the Cano Palma Biological Station. This meant another boat ride, down the Cano Palma River, but in a smaller, motorized canoe-like craft. The trip turned out to be a highpoint when it came to seeing wildlife. We traveled down a narrow river, enclosed on both sides with thick tropical jungle. We spotted a Green Amazonian Kingfisher, and giant gray one, as well as herons, cormorants, and egrets.
We also floated by several troops of monkeys. One White-Faced monkey mother sported a baby hanging on her back. At one point along the rive, the leader pulled us over close to the shore and proceeded to throw pieces of bread onto the water, it didn’t take long for a group of small crocodiles, (between one and two feet long) to suddenly appear to feast on the floating bread.
Our boat scared a “Jesus Christ” lizard, named because of their ability to run across the surface of the water on their hind legs. We watched it scramble on top of the river to shelter in the plants on the shore. We felt very lucky to see it demonstrate its unique method of travel.
Our trip ended at the small Cano River Biological Station settlement where my wife bought some posters and I got myself a T-shirt.
Back at the lodge, our evening meal consisted of spaghetti along with passionfruit slices with a crème filling.
I couldn’t get my camera out fast enough to photograph a Jesus Christ Lizard, but I found the one below on of the internet.
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