Honeymoon - Costa Rica Part III

After our eventful day in the Pacific, we took things a bit slower. We took a much needed break, but we did get to see a huge Toucan right by our pool. He flew from one tree to the next, closer and closer to the house. He went right in front of the porch then flew about six feet from Heather. It was really cool and exotic. We hope to get more colorful visitors to the house. Then we took off for another adventure yesterday. We went to Hacienda Baru for a jungle tour and ziplines. We got all geared up with helmets, gloves, and harnesses and walked into the jungle with our two guides and three other tourists. Along the trail, our guide would show us different animals and explain some plants.
In that tour, we got to see a few different three toed sloths and one two toed sloth. One was about twenty feet from us! They don't move very fast and apparently sleep fourteen hours a day...just like me. Once a week they come down to the ground to go to the bathroom, but that's the highlight of the week. There were lots of leaf-cutting ants. Our guide showed us the three different sizes of the ants and the specific jobs that each has. The big ones are the guards that attack any predators, the medium ones are the cutters and carriers, and the little ones ride on the cut leaf and clean it before going into the hill.
One time along the trail, we saw some big, scary looking ants that were crawling really fast. Our guide said, "Dees are Army Ants. Dey are Car-NI-vor-us. Dey cannot eet you, but dey will try bery hard!" We quickly stepped over them and got out of there.
Then we started the walk up to the ziplines. It was pretty hot, but mostly humid. We were both dripping sweat by the time we made it to the first zipline. It was actually really fun. They had a sign at the beginning of each zipline that told how long it was and how many seconds it took to ride it. You really got to enjoy zipping over the jungle. There were eight ziplines in all. One of the last ones took you to an old wood platform 120 ft. above the ground. That's probably where I felt most precarious. But it was soon onto the next station. We had a really good time, and I'm glad that I got to see more of the jungle.
That evening, Heather had been having some trouble with her ear after snorkeling, so we took her to the local doctor here in Dominical. There was a tiny waiting room, which could barley fit a bench where the doctor greeted us and told us to wait. When we finally got back into his exam room, it wasn't much bigger than the waiting room! The doctor gave Heather an exam and looked in her ear. He found out that it was infected and gave us a presciption that we could fill in the next city over, Uvita. So, we took off south to Uvita to find the pharmacy. A huge storm blew in, and it was raining real hard. Some of the road was flooded, so I had a good time with our rented four-wheel-drive. All in all, we got the prescription and had a good time of it too.