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| In Tamarindo town centre - some nice shops |
Today our hire car was collected - all well, no new scratches or flat tyres. It was quite a relief. We booked up for a turtle nesting guided tour at 6pm. We walked into the town centre of Tamarindo, got cash, bought some insect bite gel which turned out to be pretty useless and had coffee. Then back to the hotel for lunch. Later we swam in the pool and walked into the sea.
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| A Pacific Green turtle laid her eggs on Playa Minas |
After a snack we prepared for the beach trip - long trousers, socks and insect spray. Our driver was Warren and there were 3 other couples on our tour, and we met other groups. We drove north to
Playa Minas and hiked to
Playa Jesus - very difficult walking conditions in the dark, but there was a bright moon at least. We saw 2 turtles make a nest without laying, and two who had finished laying.
On returning to the first beach we observed a Pacific Green turtle laying about 50 round white eggs. The nest was about one metre wide. It was a long and difficult evening but worthwhile, apart from the increase in itchy bites and red blotches.
