Bocas del Toro

Following a short stint in San Jose (about 3 hours) I headed to the Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo.  It was a beautiful bus ride through some more jungle and an unbelievable number of pineapple and banana plantations then finally along miles of palm tree lined Caribbean coast.  This morning I rented a bike and biked along the coast then through some jungle.  I have to say the howler monkeys are crazy.  They make these loud moaning grunting noises that are really strange.  I was biking along when one must have been just on the side of the road and it started making that noise.  I almost fell of my bike.  It is to bad it was pouring out so my glasses were fogged up and I couldn´t see anything, but the monkeys were out in force all over the place.  I was thinking they were going to jump me and steal the coconut I had in the front basket of the bike.  I also saw the grossest thing so far on my trip during that bike ride (A Vulture eating a dead monkey - I will leave the description there, inquire later if you really want to know more details). After crossing the boarder into Panama and a short boat ride I made it to my current local of Bocas del Toro.  Another fun little Caribbean Island town with beaches never far away and surfers by the dozen.