Unusual urban wildlife of Costa Rica

[urbpan]

The tour buses were working their way through the streets of Limon, a town created by the banana industry, when they pulled over for no apparent reason. All of us tourists got off the two buses, and the guides pointed up at a tree in a schoolyard ringed by chainlink fence. High in the tree, a mother sloth and her baby were trying to sleep, but were roused by the commotion. Bracing against the chainlink fence with my Father's camera, I managed to get this picture:

Comments

[vampyrusgirl.livejournal.com]

Yay sloths! I hope we see some in Belize next year...

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I bet you do! They're surprisingly common. When are you going/for how long?

[vampyrusgirl.livejournal.com]

Probably in May. I'd like to go for at least 10 days. It's the first of our every-five-years anniversary trips. I want to try to do a circle and see most of the country b/c I hear once you get there, everything's pretty cheap.