Better today. Breakfast was shared with two Crested Magpie Jays. Beautiful birds, they each sat on a chairback either side of me. One of them chirruped to attract my attention whilst the other stole a packet of sugar from beside my cup of coffee! This routine was repeated a couple of times. An individual serving of strawberry jam disappeared in a similar manner. What the birds wanted the packets for is a mystery. Perhaps it is the current trend in nest decoration, who knows?
After breakfast we walked a couple of kilometers eastwards along a beautiful shady path that wound under palm trees, over headlands and dipped into sandy coves before opening out into the wide sandy beach that is Playa Grande.
This is a very entertaining hotel. It is set in a sort of jungle garden with gravel paths under palm trees, heliconias and gingers. Not only are we visited by geckos and eyed up by suspicious iguanas, but it is rare to walk down a path without surprising an agouti.
As I write a capuchin monkey has been jumping up and down for fun on the corrugated tin roof of the room making a noise like someone repeatedly kicking a metal dustbin. Usually it is the howler monkeys making all the noise.
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