1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  By the time the crowds starting arriving, we have found our way back to the entrance.  On our way out, we took one last photo of the deserted beach - with only our footprints to indicate we were there.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  Outside the national park is a public beach which had become significantly more crowded by the time we exited the park.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  A sight that is even more rare is the three-toed sloth.  Seeing one is unusual, but seeing one actually in motion may be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  Even the guides don't see this often, and almost never in the daytime.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  As we continued our hike through the park, we were joined by several others either heading to or returning from the beach.  We all stopped when a pack - or it is a "herd" - of white-faced monkeys appeared in the underbrush.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  Our final encounter along the trails of the park was in this clay bank alongside one of the service roads where we discovered a boa constrictor.  This was just about enough nature for the day!
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  Once there were more than 7,000 monkeys in the national park; now there are only about 400.  Those that remain can often be found playfully jumping, eating, and in this case, posing.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  Jeanne prepares a real "naturalist breakfast" - granola bars.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  ....sending at least one iguana scurrying to safety.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -   We trekked along a winding path to emerge onto a 2nd beach (or was it the 3rd?).  Reaching it required us to pick our way through a boulder-strewn expanse....
MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - By the time the crowds starting arriving, we have found our way back to the entrance. On our way out, we took one last photo of the deserted beach - with only our footprints to indicate we were there.
1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA -  By the time the crowds starting arriving, we have found our way back to the entrance.  On our way out, we took one last photo of the deserted beach - with only our footprints to indicate we were there.
MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - By the time the crowds starting arriving, we have found our way back to the entrance. On our way out, we took one last photo of the deserted beach - with only our footprints to indicate we were there.
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