Day 1 Tortuguero National Park

Up at the crack of dawn for a bus ride through some spectacular countryside. Stopped at a Del Monte banana factory, ('the man from Del Monte, he say yes') we have never seen so many banana's in our lives! The roads here leave much to be desired and we were treated to an hour and a half's massage as we traversed some really bumpy roads. We were then transferred to a boat where we travelled for another hour and a half before arriving at our lodge; the Laguna Lodge. We had a couple of hours to lounge by the pool before trekking off on a botanical tour, looking at the flora and fauna in the local area, ending up with a hunt for the shy red eyed frog - which we actually found in abundance. The local cuisine is made up of rice and beans which are served for breakfast, lunch and dinner, may actually come home having lost weight; now there's a first!