Show V"T" Page 36 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 30 2000 r ' ram we smelled the acrid odor of feline nonetheless contains a remarkable urine a sure sign that a maigay — a collection of tnimaU The white sand small spotted wild cat '— was mark- - of Playa Espadilla curves between the black rocks at the park entrance ing its territory and Punta Catedral once an island V Entering die hacienda's mango and coconut orchard we were treated to and now linked to die mainland by g ? the sight of scarlet macaws four of sand bridge the 14 reintroduced to Curu by the It Is considered die prettiest beach on Schutz family Back at the beach we a Coast littered with spectacular were met by Kira a tame spider mon- - beaches"'::- key who came by to enjoy a cup rtf - On an early morning hike we saw fruit juice: The reserve can be howler and capuchin monkeys hum- reached by road and guided tours are mingbirds a coati arid an agouti as available Call owner Dona Schutz well as a sloth slowly for permission to enter a week before moving with its baby through the top i arriving branches rtf a tree On the beach' an 7 Twtup Island iguana sunned itself on a driftwood Two miles offshore from Cura this fog and the shoreline was cruised by beautiful island is the most popular green kingfishers and column s of day trip from Puntarenas and espe- - brown pelicans "£ I daily on weekends! there is a flotilla V ? The park is closed Mondays and of pleasure boats anchored off its open ’Dies - Sun 8 am to 4 pm splendid beach Here you can take a Admission is $10 (US) and there is canopy tour sliding down steel a daily quota of 600 visitors dining week and 800 oh the weekend ScrippaHowantphoio "cables strung between trectops $15)-th- e The rain forest was everything a rain forest should be teeming with life under the dense canopy of tall trees anchored to the thin topsoil with massive buttress roots $ ’ Thousands of species of plants struggled toward the sun clinging and swarming over their taller neigh- bors colonizing their trunks and feeding on their fallen leaves Here k and there paths were worn into the forest floor by the million ants tiny legs of army and blue morpho butterflies d flitted between flowers Our small group had arrived on a nearby beach in dinghies launched from the small cruise ship Temptress Voyager and were now hiking along a rain forest trail in Corcovado National Park on Costa Rica's Osa v-x V moss-color- rope-thic- Icaf-cutt- er (661-239- Palm-size- 7 -‘- 2) wl U Amoicmita ou hikb prop j when they recognized Robert F trails through the park thecountry's riches Jr who was here on a day v Corcovado National ParkJ j of forest sounds The humid airwassv thick with the squawks and cries of clewed 'occuci Just across the Golfo de Nicoyatrip with hi family We ended tire Taking up the bulk of the claw- birds the electrical buzzing of from the town of Puntarenas Cura is 7 hay here with a barbecue and a huge shaped Osa Peninsula on the Later that day Conrad Weston and mysterious rusllings in another naturalist and guide on the a private wildlife reserve on the bonfire of driftwood on the beach try V south west coast' Corcovado1' the undergrowth But in the distance cruise told me that the real hope for Schutz family's hacienda We landed 7 There m several companies offer- ("hunchback) is one of Costa Rica’s Tortu-didfrom Punarenas cruises to remotest and most important natural! we could also hear a sound that V the country's parks and nature pre-wide on the sand beach of a cove that £ fog ' is tourism “This is our great is the nesting grounds of Ridley and : ga The best is Calypso Cruises (256- - areas Tormented not long ago by the senes belong here in' Z uncontrolled depredations of gold "Jos that isn't a chainsaw I hear is ' wealth and attraction" he saidi"The7' hawksbill turtles and trekked inland 12727 fo San Jose or Monied us on the mil rod tokl Iro to stay quiet and listen to the symphony : ed 'v T rooii Uiyofey coun-cicad- as n't V : 800-948-37- :V'77' ''V': ' it?" I asked more income the government sees coming in from tourists the more? seriously it will take the mred to pro'r-Itect the wild there! is much wild beauty to protect Here are some highlights is' x ‘'Yes unfortunately it he sighed "But maybe someone is cut-- 7 trees ting bamboo or That is legal" non-endem- lands!' ic Maybe But Corcovado like other Costa Rica parks and preserves is :r north to south from a seven-da- y 7 calypso(AT)central through mangrove swamps into the J- Miami ttat opcodes a Inxmk tropical dry n the forest we passed under balsa Sous catamaran T S trees and enormous ficus trees wilhSManuel Antonio National Park 7 sinuous buttress roots' Huge spiders V This tiny park is Costa Rica's guarded their orb webs: tribes of 1 smallest and most popular with both howler monkeys bellowed and grunt- - £ locals and foreigners Surrounded ail v ! miners loggers hunters and squat- -' ten its park status now offers at least nominal protection But because of its isolation and the lack of manpower to enforce laws' it's still preyed upon by illegal tree cutters poachers of macaw and turtle eggs and some! : ' 7 xmm sin ? & y By t the Toronto Globe and Mail ABOARDTEMPTRESS VOYAGER — The sunset was a cliche of tropical perfection!:' Passengers on the small cruise ship Temptress Vayajger lined her raifo photographing the fiery ball as it moved through veils of Technicolor '7! £ostaiRi Ga'sPaGi-Like the Voyager! the dot- phins were heading south into Panamanian waters’ and like us they seemed to be savoring an ideal end to another day My Wife ana I Wm i inkhjay MHi sioos Not surprisingly! it was the rain forest treks and early tours 7 morning Umt consistenUy proved to be A ? v v bonuia he' Ihroejk along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and to Panama's Coiha Island Along the way cknids to kiss a sparkling sea we were making daily stops at 1 The densely forested shore of pristine beaches and isolated Punta Bunca the southern-- ’ corners of biological preserves and parks normally' accessible most tip of Costa Rica's Pacif-i- c by grueling overland Coast wasan uneven! only treksThe Voysilhouette against the red sky traveled mostly at night ! ager Then someone yelled “dol-V- ? and each morning found us I: phins!" f and there was a offshore from a natural attrac- - ' ' scramble to the staiboard side : tioq and ready to select from ? of the ship Racing beside the an assortment of excursions Voyager was a large pod of Srf’iaAfcs?' ' sP‘ancr dolphins Hundreds td'i : Options ranged from nature the small mammals were tours led by knowledgeable streaking past the ship' many guides to water sports like leaping to spin and pirouette in kayaking water-- ) - the air before splashing back swimming skiing snorkeling and scuba ?! into the water their muscular diving Each evening there gray bodies glistening in the was an informative lecture on fading light Tiny infants some aspect of the country's culture re natural history arid S swam with some of the females shadows at their about what to expect on the vsiilnu following day's shore cxcur- - bird-watchi- ii ! but boasts more than a dozen biological zones They range pcans arrive fo growing nuhw bets to explore this tiny coun- -: natural from the arid: try’s remarkable ng wealth y Located between Nicaragua and Panama at the southern end of the Central American yj?’-- : diett ptKkt h Ci grown by leaps and bounds as North Americans and Euro- -' : 5 sub-alpi- ne param above the tindxrline of its nine active volcanoes to the ' steaming y mangrove swamps and rain forests along isthmus Costa Rica is only its 'Pacific and Caribbean v about the size of Nova Scotia " coasts 1 A' ' O jk £- - " v ! 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