Grace on Cano Negro (part the first)

We arrived at Cano Negro, the "natural lodge" on wendesday the 1st of august, just in time for a chill-out afternoon by the pool. Our hotel was surrounded by greenery and consisted of lots of blocks of rooms, plus the restuarant/bar and of course the pool. One of the results of Titch´s birthday was a HEMAN ball (wooo) which we used to pass the afternoon in the pool...

After a presenation on Cano Negro in the evening and the activites to come (´don´t provoke forest fires´ was one of our rules), we enjoyed a buffet dinner over our usual random chatter. After a few rounds of cards we retired to our air-conditioned, doubbled-bedded rooms (yes we really are roughing it out here).

The next day after breakfast we headed out for a nature boat ride, where we cruised along the river watching wildlife that included caimans (likme a crocodile but a bit smaller and more costa-rican), birds such as tropical cormorants, amazon kingfishers, white crested egrets and ninga-ningas. We also saw basilisk tree lizards, black vultures, iguanas, howler monkeys and a rare sloth. We also had a svery smelly sighting of a floating dead cow. ewwww.

After lunch at the hotel we went into the village for some community work. We helped plant a hedge around the church and then worked on some furniture restoration for the confirmation group. When we arrived back at the hotle that afternoon group 3 had arrived in cano negro (eurgh) for our 3-day crossover. We plunged into the pool to wash off the rust (which looked like a bad fake-tan job by the time we´d had a rust fight) and thats about all i have time to write because now we´re off to buena vista rushrushrush...

to be continued......................