A great day at work, started with a two hour car ride crammed into a Suburban that wasn’t made to fit 8 six foot tall adults. Luckily this and the similar ride home were the worst part of the day. We arrived at Marina Club Barillas around 10am. After a quick lunch, and a few breakfast beers, it was time for the monkey tour.
You can see the arm of a baby on the mothers back
We hopped into a van and drove over to the little forest where the Monkeys were. There were about 20 Salvadorian red tailed spider monkeys. One that was rejected by the group was in a cage to protect him. Before the others arrived we were able to shake his hand. The local care taker called for the rest of the monkeys, and slowly they started to appear all around us. The first few were pretty slow, but once the bananas came out there was a swarm. Once we ran out of bananas we went back to the Marina Club.
They look funny on two legs
Back at the club, we boarded a boat and some jet skis. We took off through the mangroves out to a sand bar in the mouth of the bay. Along the way we spotted an alligator in the mangroves, a good reason to not fall off the Jet Ski.
Salvadorian Alligator
Trying to soak each-other
Once we got to the sand bar the wind was pretty strong. I was disappointed, that I hadn’t brought my Kite board. We messed around in the shallows, dodging jelly fish, before working our way out to the surf breaks. As soon as we entered the water, I saw spinning shark (or dolphin, there is still some debate) between us and the waves. Any six foot fish that can launch itself 10 feet out of the water, is a good reason not to body surf. Before heading back to the club, we had a Jet Ski relay race. My team won.
Sand Bar acrobatics
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