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The tour group wore boots that day
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Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
(9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
© 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(2 of 24) The reason for boots became quickly apparent
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(3 of 24) The guide, Ray, pointed out the risks of the jungle
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(4 of 24) Such as dangerous thorns on bamboo stalks
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(5 of 24) The tour was through dense, true jungle
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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(6 of 24) Some leafs were eaten by caterpillars
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(7 of 24) Tiny red frogs were highly poisonous
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(8 of 24) The red frogs were hard to spot among the leaves
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(9 of 24) Bridges forded a few of the interior streams
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(10 of 24) Even palm leafs could pose a risk
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(11 of 24) Note the unexpectedly dangerous thorns underneath
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(12 of 24) A bat snoozed away the day under a palm leaf
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(13 of 24) A long legged spider traversed a branch
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(14 of 24) More thorns. This time even more dangerous looking
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(15 of 24) From overhead, monkeys pelted those below with dung
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(16 of 24) Colorful berries sprouted from a bamboo stalk
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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(17 of 24) Handy arrows showed the way forward and the way out
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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(18 of 24) A lizard posed among dried leafs
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(19 of 24) A delicate mushroom spiraled from a downed log
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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(20 of 24) A vine's arms hugged the tree it climbed
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(21 of 24) Two bugs in bright sunlight on a leaf
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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by Bryan Costales
(22 of 24) Termites (yum) scurry from a hole punched in their nest
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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(23 of 24) A moth waited calmly on a leaf for who knows what
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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(24 of 24) Afterward, boots had to be washed of mud
, Jungle Walk Tour, Turtle Beach Lodge
, (9 September 2008) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
, © 2008 Bryan Costales
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