Exploring Tamarindo

We have been having the most amazing time in Tamarindo. Kristin and her boyfriend Wil are here, as well as his dad and step-mom and sister and brother-in-law. We all went on a kayak tour in the estuary by the ocean yesterday. I am not sure I have ever had so much fun. Our guide was absolutely amazing. His name is Lilber, but we all called him Burrito, which is his nickname. Did you know Burrito actually means little donkey? Anyway, we kayaked out into this estuary, which was just beautiful and then stopped at a point and hiked. We saw a nest of a black hawk and the hawk was flying around and making all sorts of noises to try to get us away. We did walk on. Burrito knew everything about all of the plants and bugs and animals, so we learned so much. He chopped open two fruits that we had never had and let us try them. He also showed us a ghord-looking thing and said that when he was a kid, they would cut them open and clean them out and use them as bowls and cups. He has grown up in and lived in Tamarindo all his live and really knows everything about the things around here. While we were hiking, we heard this really loud noise that sounded like a huge gorilla. It was actually a group of howling monkeys, which we saw in a tree. First walking up, we thought there were only 4 or 5 in the tree, but there were actually about 15 of them! We saw them all when Burrito started hitting the tree to shake them up a bit. It was amazing! They didn´t love us being there and one of them crawled over and tried to urinate on one in our group. Smart little things! It was an amzing tour!