| December 2-12, 2011 | Pura Vista |
Soñar, descubrir, compartir y soñar aún más ... |
Splendid landscapes
Edenic place to take it easy...
...with a pinch of adrenalin, just enough!
Try to find me with your mouse!
Survival guide
(Hints for Costa Rica visitors)1. Never forget your GPS
... even when following your indian guide
2. Learn how to hunt
Note that I have already learned how to use a blowgun (see blowgun initiation)
3. Wildlife
a. Don't feed animals
This guy has a special license (and a special skill) to feed crocodiles.
b. Frogs: Never touch the cute tiny frogs. Many of them are venomous.
In fact, the geatest danger is from the tourist: his/her mosquito repellent and sunscreen are likely to kill the frog by a mere contact.
c. Reptiles other than snakes: Iguanas and other lizards can be intimidating but there are harmless and so pretty!
d. Snakes : There are more than 160 species of snakes in Costa Rica. 22 of them are venomous.
Personal encounters:
Still to experience: close encounter with a coral snake (not to confuse with the King Snake, the former is venomous, the latter is not).
Thanks to Oscar, our Costa Rican guide, I know how to identify the coral snake:
- Think of a frog;
- Using your English to Spanish dictionary, translate "frog" into "rana";
- Consider "rana" as an acronym for "Rojo, Amarillo, Negro, Amarillo";
- Using your Spanish to English dictionary translate into "Red, Yellow, Black, Yellow";
- This is the color pattern for the Coral snake!
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When in emergency, prefer the North American saying: "Red &
Yellow Kill a Fellow; Red & Black Venom Lack"
4. Beware of the smurfs*
*I see smurfs everywhere, here in San José.