Canopy Tour

Today, I went zip-lining near the Tempisque River. There were 11 lines, each showing different parts of the "rainforest." It is so dry here because there hasn't been much rain in the last couple of months. Costa Rica has pretty much two seasons, the rainy and the dry seasons. We arrived during the last few weeks of the dry season, so all the plants and rivers are so dry. I'm sure the zip-lines are beautiful during the rainy seasons, but they were mostly brown today. Still, it was an amazing experience flying through the trees while monkeys and iguanas are watching you. There was one family of howler monkeys in particular that caught my eye. There were a couple cousins, a mother, a father, and a newborn baby riding on its mother's back. It was tiny and grey, and I was surprised that it didn't fall off! The monkeys were literally hanging out in the trees, some just by their tails. Later in the afternoon, we saw an iguana on the ground. It was green like the plants, and when it crawled up a tree, it started turning brown. It was spectacular to see it change color in broad daylight. We also saw two more walking around in the road! The animals here are very tame towards people and aren't scared when people walk by them.