First time seeing a porcupine in the wild! We were busy having dinner when this stranger showed up. None of us could recognize it till the server told us that it was an African porcupine. It was about two feet long without the tail. It got on to the scaffoldings under the roof and just nestled itself there for the rest of the evening.

That is a spectacular view

From Villa Caletas. The resort is at a height of 1320 feet. To put this in perspective, Atlanta is at about 1050 feet. That was a sheer drop. We could see the macaws gliding by in pairs. Unfortunately, I did not have my DSLR with me this time. Could not catch any of them from such a distance with my iPhone. Saw a couple of hummingbirds flit by very near to us.

In Costa Rica, they have rice for breakfast, rice for lunch and rice for dinner! For breakfast add “desi murgir dim” (eggs), mangoes and papayas. If only they could add some potatoes to the routine, this could be totally exported to Bengal!

is that they are mostly herbivore. Not that it made feel any more comfortable around them. The other things is that apparently they talk thru their eye movements. Hence, tried to avoid all direct eye contacts!!

(These were about 3-4 feet long).