Turtlespotting in Tortuguero

Something like a mini-Amazon, this town and National Park can only be reached by boat. After 3 hours by boat through many canals and rivers we arrived from Limón to the little village of Tortuguero. In the evening we saw a 100+KG heavy sea turtle lay about a hundred eggs (ping-pong-ball-sized) at the beach, and bury them under the sand, and then make its way back to the waves, obviously very exhausted. The next morning we went on a wildlife canoe tour and saw many birds, some iguanas, a sloth, a couple of caimans, and many monkeys.