by Todd Gustafson

It’s the last morning in the boat at Tortuguero. Lots and lots of stuff to shoot, even at the end of the trip. My favorites were a brilliant green basilisk on a tree trunk and an Anhinga with an electric blue eye patch.

Breakfast featured the best banana bread EVER. We packed up the boat and wound our way up the river to the main dock and began our ride to San Jose. We had lots to talk about and new photo techniques to analyze but we got interrupted by a sloth that was hanging upside down from a Cecropia tree by the road side. He was busy grooming his face with the three toes of each hand and looking straight down into our lenses. Back on the bus our discussion turned to music and sports but we were interrupted again when we had to stop for another sloth. This one was curled up on a sweet perch in the shady Cecropia leaves. His arms were wrapped around his body while Its sweet face was looking out at us.

OK, back on the bus. There was another sloth five miles later in a…..wait for it….Cecropia tree. We didn't have time to stop but what a wonderful way to end out Costa Rican adventure!

I’ll be back again next year and I bet that sloth will be in the Cecropia tree waiting for me.

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