Que exito!

I gave my first tour yesterday. Maybe 7 or 8 people? The total number that came for the tour was 30. Earl, Carol, and I each had about a third of them. I know plenty of facts, history, and numbers to give a sufficient tour. It is just getting comfortable delivering it and delivering in a logical order. Also there is a bit of crossing my fingers that the group will behave well and ask good questions. Questions are great. Otherwise I feel like I'm just giving a speech in front of each animal.
I felt that my tour went pretty well. Like I mentioned earlier, I just need to work on my presentation. Overall I felt quite satisfied though. One of the ladies in my group is a veterinarian. She was great to talk to and had very good questions. I also had Bron, the Irish woman, feeding me with questions if I hit a dead spot in my speech. That was a lot of help.
I'm sure I get to look forward to another tour in the near future again.

Maria left two days ago to go back home and spend time with her nephew. Bron (full first name I can't quite remember. She just went by Bron.) left today to go back up to the Nicoya Peninsula to return to her turtle project that she was at earlier this year. She was very pleasant to have around. It's too bad she didn't stay longer. I also don't think I could tire of that wonderful accent either.

Received post from my parents today. Postmarked in Raleigh on the 10th and then in Puerto Jimenez on the 21st. 11 days is the best record so far for mail from the states to here. But inside the envelope was our holiday card. The picture on it is from the Charolotte International Airport on November 7th. It is amazing to think that in only a couple weeks I will have been here for 2 months. I was also amazing at how good my hair looked at that point in time. My hair is now longer and frizzier.

I have considered shaving my leg in order to get this paint off. I spend a good while last night working on picking it off. This paint is incredible. Scrub, scrub, scrub to no avail.
Another beautiful sunset.

Capuchin, White-Faced Monkey, Mono Cariblanca, call what you like. Said to be the third most intelligent monkey. 3rd behind Human and the Chimpanzee. For this reason they are used most often for psychological testing and drug testing. All of the one's we have here are damaged in one way or another. One was found in the dark with a box over her head and now rocks back and forth and sucks her thumb. Another had three fingers cut off, teeth filed down, and was in a hotel lobby running back and forth with a cup for donations. These were the organ grinder monkeys. I could talk for quite a while about these little guys. Incredibly interesting.
Meet Goots. Goots is an Agouti. When I first got here I was bottle feeding her twice a day. She is now much more wild and we see her less and less. Good thing although who ever thought a rat could be so enchanting.