Rainy Days

Here in the rainforest it just so happens to rain quite a lot.. obviously... so taking the camera out has been tricky the past couple of days. Instead, we have been focusing on making plans for next week, and we are booked up solid. Tomorrow night we will meet with Dr. Don for the first time and head to the Manzanillo Wildlife Center so we know how to get there on Monday. On Monday and Wednesday we will be going out on excursions with him and his group to an Indigenous reserve and the Manzanillo Wilflife Refuge. Today we went to the Jaguar Rescue Center and set up an interview for next Tuesday. Hopefully we will be going on some more nature tours on Thursday and Friday with a couple of locals we have met.

Yesterday, Ali and I went out on a hike into the jungle to try and scope out some good filming locations and to make sure we knew where Dr. Don's hotel was located. On our hike, we saw a toucan up in the trees and heard a pack of howler monkeys in the forest. We also encountered one too many giant spiders and heard some peculiar hisses... the nature is spectacular.

Today we're encountering some blistering winds monsoon style.. the power at our house has been iffy for the past couple of days and the waves are MASSIVE in the ocean. But all this rain is keeping the lush lands green as can be! When the sun comes back out, everything will be stellar on camera.

We are really loving it here. Fingers crossed that we get some decent weather for our excursions next week!!!

-J