My expedition - Tons of pics

[Bartman]

Well I came home yesterday at around 10 from Costa Rica. I can say, I had one hell of a time. It was definitely the most amazing experience of my entire life. We stayed in Limon, Costa Rica for 6 of the 7 days and the first night we were in San Jose, the capital. San Jose is a pretty nice place and a lot more developed then I would have thought.

We stayed at the Cano Palma Biological research station with the owners Mario and Jenna, who were SUCH great people. They are 26 and 24 so it was cool to see two very young people take on such responsibility. Basically this is a place for researches to stay while doing their studies, as well both Mario and Jenna conduct research all day for environment Canada. Right now they are keeping track of leather back turtles. A few people from our group saw one the last night but pretty much everyone was asleep. That was the only thing I missed that REALLY sucked, but they got footage of it and we are expecting a pro edited video of the trip in about a month. 3 of the guys that went are really good with video and stuff, so it should be sweet :D

I got a crap load of pictures. We ended up finding, I believe, 48 species of reptiles and amphibians. I don’t have pictures of all of them but I got a bunch. I found the first snake of the trip :D That was a great feeling. It was a blunt nosed tree snake.

A list of what I remember we found was,
Green basilisk
Brown basilisk
Common basilisk
Green iguana
A handful of different anole species
House geckos
Poison dart frogs, mostly dendrobates pumillio
Cat eyed snake
Snail eating snake
Blunt nosed tree snake, both yellow and grey
2 eyelash vipers, a red and grey one
fer de lance, which was about 3 feet +
Yellow headed lizards
Mexican parrot snakes
Tons of caiman
Cane toads
Spotted night lizard
amieva's
Lots of different species of frogs, like climbing toads
Cone headed lizard
and a ton more that i cant remember right now

We also saw bats, an otter, tons of birds like toucans, Hercules and rhino beetles, two tarantulas, howler, spider, and white faced monkeys, lots of crazy insects, birds of prey, scorpions, and man so much more. It was really unbelievable and I miss it.

The weather was prefect; it was the dry season, so we didn’t have to trek through mud or water. Some mud but nothing you couldn’t stay out of.

Here are a ton of pics...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/yellowheadedlizard.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/walkingtheSaro27.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/waitingtoboardtheplane.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/anole.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/ameiva.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/amazingpicofmaggie.jpg

If you need any explanation to the pics ask, there was just to many to explain each one haha.

But yea, this trip was absolutely incredible!!

[clint545]

Wow! you must have had a great time!!!

[CDN-Cresties]

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing. It looks like a blast!

[csolis]

Very nice pics Adam!! I wish I could of gone. I better hear some good stories when you come in next!!!!

[bighillreptiles]

Verry cool Adam looks like you hade the time of you life And great picks

[Bartman]

Thanks everyone, yea carlos ive got a ton of jokes stories haha.

It really was the best time ive ever had :D

[crimsonking]

Awesome!!
..no sensation that compares to this.....
I could indeed become comfortably numb down there...
How'd they get you back on a plane to..CANADA???? In the WINTER!!!
Great pics and thanks.
:Mark

[meow_mix450]

look like it was fun haha

Meow

[HeatherRose]

WOW Adam that looked like it was so awesome! Lucky you getting to see all of that :D

[Bartman]

Haha thanks mark. It was really sureal being down there. It was exactly the trip ive been dying to go on for such a long time. It was perfect in everyway and ill never forget it, thats forsure

It was so fun!!

[Tim_Cranwill]

What a trip! You're a lucky man! :)

[C.ADAMANTEUS]

IM JEALOUS!
Ive always wanted to go there, and to S. America. Now I see what ive missed. (for now):D
Pics 6 & 7 are eyelash also? Kinda small, and hard to tell.
Love the one on the leaf.
Just great all together. Thanks for the prerun of how my trips gonna be.:D
Rick
PS whats beyond the ferdilance? looks kinda eggish?

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome!!!! The Strawberry Poison was the best!!

[V.hb]

thats awesome man, lucky you!

[Bartman]

Yea when we saw those balls also we thought they were eggs but its some fruit or seed from a certain tree.

Yes its an eyelash, a grey eyelash viper.

[BAZ]

Very nice pics! Looks like you had a lot of fun!

[Ontario_herper]

Yup, nothing like dirty Costa Rica food! Great trip though...

[Cerastes]

Agreed Dave-O! Rice and Beans for ever! And yucca and plantain too! Honestly, though those snakes were mind-blowing weren't they? Especially my boa constrictor! And Lori's Bromeliad boa! And you're... Oh wait - did you catch a snake? LOL!

Steve

[ChurleR]

Awww man, that little <i>Bothriechis</i> had some ticks, but he's still super cute, and it looks like he was right outside where you guys were staying. I <b>wish</b> I could walk outside my house an find a snake just chillin on the plant near my porch, that would make my day.

[Bartman]

Yes, you're right. He had 4 ticks. We ended up removing them all and thats what you see where my boss, Josh, is holding the snake in a tube and in between his fingers.

[Simon]

Awesome pics!

You must have had a great time~~


Lucky you!!

[Ontario_herper]

Well Steve... had you been there the following year, you would have seen me rack up the snake numbers. Dam my coral snake was nice :)

[Bristen]

amazing!! That's almost like a dream to be able to take such a trip! I would love to be able to do that one of these days.. thanks for generously sharing all those pictures, greatly enjoyed them!

Bristen.

[Rikki]

Very nice, that must have been an amazing trip!

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

ADAM:

Beautiful and great looking photos, looks like a lot of fun in both a trip and hobby. I am jealous one day I gotta do it :D

[Manitoban Herps]

Awesome!

Bring me along with you next time ;)

[Gregg M]

You lucky dog...... Those are some great pics..... Looks like you had a blast...... Thanks for posting those pics....

[Bartman]

Thanks guys :D

Im actually thinking of going back again next year to help out the station any way I can. Mario and Jenna are such nice people and I would love to see them turn the station into something else. We'll see!

[ChunkyMunky]

Holy pics! Haha, looks like one hell of a trip. Thank you for sharing Adam. Ahhhhhhh, I feel like im in Costa Rica right now...... No wait, thats just this space heater burning my face off. Take care.

Dan.

[joey]

very COOL! I love the first picture of the trantula---awesome shot! Glad you had a stellar time!

[Removed_2815]

Originally posted by Bartman
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/BartmanReptiles/boatride2.jpg
Looks like Liam was having a good time :)
Barely 2 years young and he's already been to Costa Rica, lucky guy - wonder if he'll remember it :D
Ryan

[Bartman]

Haha yea, he was really good.. He cried once or twice uncontrolably :p but other then that he was great.

He is one lucky kid!