Leaving a dump hole for a better town..
All ready to leave Puerto Limon ! It was a real dump-hole. Lonely planet says it is a charming little town by the ocean…..well this place is a charming as dirty underwear.
I landed in another desperate situation when I discovered that my VISA card didn’t work ! Not in 4 different ATM`s , and the bank worked for an hour trying to take out money from it without being able to help me.
It is a horrible situation to be in ! I had 12$ left, and no way to get more money. I spent some of it for a bus ride to Cahuita, as I would certainly not spend another night in this town, specially not considering that I would most likely have to sleep on the streets.
I had some destructive thinking on the bus ride there. I knew that transferring money takes like a week, so what would I do then !
I had enough money for one night in the cheapest hostel in Cahuita, or 2 nights if I didn’t eat anything.
I got to town, and was running around in the horrible pouring rain looking for the cheapest dig in town. I found it in the end, and it was a pretty grim place, but at least it was only 6$ a night.
I didn’t eat anything but crackers and white bread that day. Then at the end of the day my mother told me that it wasn’t my card that was bad, it was some morons in the bank that had made a mistake !
All this trouble for that ! Annoying! But at least in the end I managed to get money out ,so I was saved ,hooray! !
I had wasted the better part of the day worrying about that stuff, but now I was determined to go see the Sloths at the sloth rescue center which is a good drive from town.
I went walking in the pouring tropical rainstorm with absolute intention of reaching that place ! I managed to get hike, and reached the rescue center. There I got to meet my favourite animal ; the sloth ! There was both 2 and 3-toed sloths there. One of them was really curious of me and came all the way over to me to smell me ! Great animals these are !
I will surely go there again another day before I leave this place ! I even talked to the boss at the center about volunteering to do veterinary work at some point, but she said that was only for local vets to do.
The people working here do a good job for these amazing creatures from the money they earn on visitors and the shop. At first I thought 25$ was a bit expensive, but after the tour you come to realize that it is sooo worth it !
You get to meet with these great animals, and interact with them.
you get to take an hour canoe trip in the amazing park they have surrounding the area. There are lots of animals along this river. This short canoe trip will have you seeing more wildlife then a 10 hour trek through some of the best national parks in the country !
It is good if your group is small though, so you won`t have to drag along some annoying kids, or noisy tourists. Also it will enable you to get much better contact with these remarkable animals. There is many sloths in the center , each with their own sad story as to why they are there.
You`ll even get to meet the amazing sloth babies, who I personally think is a million times cuter then any human baby could be.
In the end there is the queen of all the sloths here: Buttercup ! a 17-year old super-social 3-toed sloth ! she`ll melt your heart for certain.
Go here ! learn more about sloths !
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