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DAY 1 | PUERTO CALDERA, COSTA RICA
It was a hot and humid day, normal for the Port of Caldera in Costa Rica, its name meaning “Cauldron” in Spanish...
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DAY 2 | CORCOVADO NATIONAL PARK, OSA PENINSULA, COSTA RICA
Not even 20 minutes after Expedition Leader Robin West had finished his briefings, a humpback whale was breaching and flapping just ahead of the ship...
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DAY 3 | CASA ORQUIDEAS, COSTA RICA
The Zodiacs cut across mirror flat water to land us on a grey pebble beach in front of Casa Orquideasinsea...
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DAY 4 | AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO COCOS ISLAND, COSTA RICA
Last night the ship had picked up with the starboard stabilizer a long-line fishing line...
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DAY 5 | COCOS ISLAND, COSTA RICA
The overnight passage across to the Cocos Islands was nice and calm – a pleasant surprise, since these seas can be very rough...
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DAY 6 | AT SEA, ENROUTE TO COIBA ISLAND, PANAMA
It was a relaxing morning after our exciting exertions of the day before in Cocos Island...
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DAY 7 | ISLA DE COIBA
Today was another Marine Biologist’s dream day...
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DAY 8 | DARIEN JUNGLE, PANAMA
It was a long Zodiac drive from the ship to the mouth of the river, but the sea was calm in the grey, early morning light....
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DAY 9 | AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO COCOS ISLAND, COSTA RICA
Last night the ship had picked up with the starboard stabilizer a long-line fishing line...
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DAY 10 | AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO COCOS ISLAND, COSTA RICA
The highlight, though, was definitely the large boa constrictor snakes that we saw. These snakes are non-poisonous and relatively placid, so we could get a really close look at it and the beautiful patterns on its skin....
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DAY 11 | AT SEA EN ROUTE TO ISLA DE LA PLATA, ECUADOR
After lunch we were boarded by a delegation of the court of the Domain of Neptune, in order to comply with the formalities of passing across the equatorial line....
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DAY 12 | ISLA DE LA PLATA, ECUADOR; AT SEA
The birds are the main reason to come here, especially the Blue Footed Booby and the Magnificent Frigate Bird...
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