We are hot. We are sweaty. So this post will be written with haste.
Today we tackled Tayrona National Natural Park. The original mission was to walk the 7km trail all the way to Cabo San Juan beach. This was the beach that is the poster child of the Tayrona. However, after sweating more than we ever had in our whole entire lives, we decided to turn around when we reached La Piscina Beach. The beaches were beautiful, but not an extra hour's hike beautiful...Our jungle walk still totaled 10km. Luckily the sun did not grace us with her presence today. I shudder to think how much worse it could have been!
Our guide, Christian, was a Colombian David Attenborough. He was monkey whisperer, snacks and drinks bearer, flora educationalist all in one. He did distract us from our sweaty discomfort. He helped us spot 3 out of 4 monkey species, an agouti, as well as various birds. He also did tell us all about the geography and biodiversity of the region, as well as breeding facts of the monkeys, but an overheated Belinda could only retain so much information...
We were not ashamed to admit that perhaps one of our favourite moments today may have been the drive to and from Tayrona in the air-conditioned van. We had a late yummy lunch back at our hotel and enjoyed some family time.
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| We only tackled the section on the far right |
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| Christian showing us the plant used to make Panama hats, actually originally form Ecuador |
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| Can you spot the monkey? |
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| Christian was committed. He could mimic their sounds and took photos for us so we could see clearly |
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| The cotton-top tamarin |
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| Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin |
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| The terrain changed constantly |
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| The "hills" albeit small were tiring in the humidity |
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| Arrecifes |
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| Low GI treat for sustenance. Thank you! There was also panela lemonade |
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| Yup that was all sweat and we weren't even halfway there |
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| Looking more beach-like |
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| The end of the freshwater system. There were alligator warnings |
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| The start of the beach |
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| Another Albany nightmare, walking across sand. 4 out of 5 don't like sand! Don't ask why we chose to go to the beach |
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| Relieved to have shade and cold drinks |
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| Playa La Piscina |
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| When there are only 2 ping pong bats you improvise and use badminton bats |
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| Or you use the bats for its original purpose |
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| That was too much exertion. Uno is a sit down game |
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| We have picked up more pets |
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