Puerto Limon

We arrived in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, about mid-day.  At 100% humidity, the view is quite hazy which lends a dreamy look to much of the landscape-waterscape pictures.  Although it had rained quite hard on our way into port, we had an afternoon without rain, which was much appreciated.

On our way to port, Diana led a Eucharist attended by Episcopalians and Anglicans (England and Canada).  Once she identified herself as a priest, several folks requested that she have a service on Sunday.

As we arrived, a brown booby as well as several frigate birds circled around to welcome us.  Our 'expedition' was to the Sloth Sanctuary, a facility started and operated by a husband and wife team that is continuing to grow in size and knowledge and reach out to educate the populace about sloths.  We had a lecture, took pictures of sloths, took a canoe trip down a quiet waterway, and then a hike through a rainforest nearby.  As anticipated, we saw many beautiful birds and flowers, with spectactular orchids growing in their gardens.

The sloths are quite something else; their movements are like a ballet in slow motion, very slow!
Their faces elicit a maternal

response
from women - the guys think they are cute, but whatever!


Here are some pictures of what we saw.  With the low light in the forest and inability to use flash to take pictures of the slots, I wound up shooting as fast as 2000 ISO at times.  So if you see some noise in the pictures, that's why - I have not yet removed it from these.

Monday is a day at sea as we make our way to the San Blas Islands off Panama.