A quick update …….  Forgot what all I have posted up to now so I might be repeating some … I got my new motor and it is great to have my own transportation. I am now able to get to Tortuguero and the internet when I want and so I hope to get a few more posts up.

The fishing has been slow but the weather has been perfect.  There has been no amount of rain for over a month and the rivers and canals are very low. You have to be very careful when running the canals or you are stuck on a sandbar.  But I just go slow and careful and so far no problem.  I must say a word of thanks to a local who was running the river to Pavona on Thursday …….Thursday is the start of the long weekend and the people were lined up at the ferry dock at Povona to get to Tortuguero. I was going very slow and careful because the river was so low. This fellow passed me going a good clip …. He defiantly knew the river. I got on him like shit to a wool blanket and was making good time and was having fun until I missed a corner by a little and run my boat aground …..Hard ….. Oh well …. Back to going slow. I had just got under way again when this fellow that I was following came back to see what had happened to me. With a big smile and wave he came around me and made sure that I was tight on his tail and we were off again.  This is just one example of how the people here look after the fat gringo.

Got to go fishing …… will post again soon ….