Unfortunately, this is the aftermath when turtles hatch...part of the food chain. All of the white specks you see in the sand our turtle egg shells.

In the past week we have had two tarantulas come to visit us inside our house.
This one was in our bedroom...look closely at the picture frame on the left.

This is a cute little skunk that hangs out in the hostel at the beach.

These are crazy caterpillars that creep us out on our hiking trail.

Stu putting in some stone steps to the house at the farm.

Some of the animals at the farm...our house is in the background

The biggest cockroach I have ever seen...found in our bedroom!

Teenage scorpion or big spider... who would win the battle?

The baby sloth that our friend Benito is taking care of.

Toucan Sam outside of the house

Do you see the snake?

A beautiful canyon in Nicaragua we swam/waded through

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Really cool golden beetle that one of my students found on the way to school

A lizard we found in my sleeping bag

Pretty spectacular place to get engaged huh?

Stu proposed on top of this volcano - Volcan Concepcion

Just a little excited...can you tell?

Another view of the volcano

In lake Nicaragua with Concepcion in the background

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Hiking 25 kilometers from Monteverde to the Arenal volcano

We made it to camp!

Orependulas eating fruit

Deb enjoying the view of Arenal after our 4 hour horseback trek through the jungle - she's a trooper

Deb and Liz coming out of the jungle