Tuanis

"Tuanis" is used to denote a general sense of well-being.

Days 27-35:
There was all clinic day where we performed physical exams on various species, such as sloths, baby raccoons, a marmoset, an orange-cheeked parkeet, an amazon parrot, two baby Tamanduas (anteaters).  I was back in my element again!

We finally had a much needed beach day filled with surfing and sunburns. It was refreshing to be able to sit on the beach and soak in the moment. We walked over to Manuel Antonio National Park in the afternoon where we saw howler monkeys, mouthless crabs, white-faced monkeys, coatimundis, and raccoons.

 

We then traveled to San Pedro in order to work with VIDA and see how they ran things there. I was able to scrub in to do some of the spays. 

On Wednesday, our student left as we efficiently caught up on paperwork so that we could enjoy the next three days of our vacation until our next group comes.  We vacationed in Manuel Antonio in order to take advantage of even more beach time.  We also decided to visit the national park again and walk around all of the trails.  We even took a catamaran trip, complete with some snorkeling in order to become one with the sea again.

 

 We travel back to San Jose again because a new group of students comes tomorrow!  Here's to visiting some of my favorite locations again!