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| Toucan |
We had booked to go on a tour of the eco-park in Costa Rica, but I went to bed last night with a migraine, and still felt horrible this morning, so we reluctantly decided to pull out of the trip.
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| Wild Boar |
When I felt better after lunch we left the ship to walk along the pier and explore the township. Local markets were set up selling a variety of t-shirts, coffee, huge fat cigars, leather goods, wooden and beaded crafts.... Central American crafts are all brightly coloured mostly representing the local wildlife. Arnold was drawn to an ceramic toucan mouth organ (an ocarina I think)... which turned out to have many personalities depending on the direction it is held... it becomes a hippo, bull or wild boar... the bearded gentleman who sold it proudly told us that it was his own design and unique to his stall.... made by himself....Arnold bought one.... and suddenly as we walked further along the waterfront.... they were at every stall.... a great fun novelty and a talking point at dinner though....
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| Cow... or dog??? |
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| Hippo - use your imagination! |
Docked next to our ship was an American Navy hospital ship... the ‘Comfort’.... they provide a fabulous humanitarian service....traveling to the poor countries of Latin America and performing surgery and medical treatments which are clearly life saving ... and life changing.... but not available to the local population. A clinic in town assesses the patients who are brought from the local farming area and townships and then taken onto the ship for treatment. As we walked back along the pier we saw a mother carrying a young child with a badly deformed leg..... I smiled as I thought about the difference that it will make to this family’s life if the leg can be fixed and the little girl can walk..... what a great thing that the wonderful young doctors and nurses on board the ship are doing so far from their own homes and families.
Cheers
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