Punta Uva, near Limón, hosts some of the most pristine and quintessential Caribbean beaches I have ever seen. Sunbeams reflect of turquoise-clear water and the white sand flows gently with the current of the waves. Sitting at this beach, I couldn’t help but marvel the fact that these kinds of beaches are advertised with airline awards cards all over the US.
Reaching the Villa Toucan requires passing a very steep gravel road with pavement strips in the excessively abrupt inclines. The house is nestled deep in the jungle where all kinds of exotic birds and animals are common to see. Howler monkeys, the loudest land mammal on Earth, awoke us around 4:00am in the morning; about an hour before sunrise. Their ominous call defies the common belief that monkeys make a cute, ooh-ooh-aa-aahh noise; howler monkeys project a deep, sinister scream that can be heard from approximately three miles away. To me, the howler monkey call sounds similar to that of dementors in Harry Potter.
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After an encounter with the dementors, one must eat chocolate. Did you do something similar for in response to the monkeys?
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