Richard and Marianne got up a little earlier, and hired Freddy the taxi driver to take us to the Taracoles River, famous for crocodiles and birding. We took a boat tour, saw many new birds, and watched the boat captain feed the crocodiles. We had lunch at a local open air restaurant, where we ate "Casados", a local dish of rice and beans. Freddy talked us out of a visit to the Carara park, said that we would see no birds at noon.
We went back to town, had a beer, and then went to a nice 4 PM mass in town. The town of Puntarenas and the beach were pretty dirty, lots of trash, although the people that we met were nice. We strolled back to the ship, and bought a hat from a vendor. A long day.
Monday was a sea day. Richard went to talks on maps and the Panama Canal construction. R and M played scrabble, M won. We all played bridge in the afternoon.
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