Will you be my Valentine?
Riding on the open air boat from Tortuguero to the Tortuga Lodge Valentine's Day and the next four nights of our trip were spent in the small town of Tortuguero - a small town in the rainforest near the Caribbean. Tortuguero National Park includes over 20 miles of Caribbean coastline that was set up to protect the green sea turtle nesting habitat as well as nearly 80,000 acres of rainforest along the Tortuguero River that is home to over 375 species of birds, at least 35 documents jaguars, 30 fish species, three types of monkeys (howler, spider and white-faced capuchin), three-toed sloths, caiman, manatees, Basilisk lizard (which can walk on water) and so much mor e! The area gets nearly 250 inches of rain per year but fortunately for us it was the dry season. This is an El Niño year so it was particularly hot and very very dry! The weather everyday was "hot, hot, hot, hot and more hot" as Theo put it. He begged us to take him back home and said that Duluth summe...