We arrived at 7 a.m. and we walked into the town and wandered the waterfront and checked out the beach Vendors, then stopped at a local restaurant. Later I went on a Jungle Crocodile Safari excursion. We passed watermelon and cantaloupe farms on the way. There is a 670 acre cooperative coffee farm owned by 23000 farmers, more than 60 % women. We were on the Rio Grande Tarcoles river which is on the Carara Biological Reserve, home to one of the largest crocodile populations in the world. We saw 10 crocodiles right beside our boat and the guide actually got out onto a mud bar in his bare feet and made the crocodile jump up like a dog to swallow raw chicken. I had my heart in my throat and made sure I kept my hands well inside the boat. There are also over 50 species of tropical birds and we saw herons, egrets, mangrove swallows, a scarlet macaw nesting, wood stork, a roseate spoonbill and many more. The others went zip lining over the jungle canopy and loved it.
Tonight's entertainment was a Hypnotist which was hilarious.
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