Costa Rica Day 4.

Today I went to a butterfly farm in the heart of the country. When I got to the road that led off the highway, the car couldn't pass. It had rained pretty hard earlier today and a tree had fallen over right across the path. Darn. Well, when the men who were driving the bus I was in moved the tree, I got to check out the flowers in the area. When I got to one particularly fragrant one, I was surprised to see a very large, shocking blue butterfly land on me. I was mesmerized. My guide said it was a Blue Morpho, one of the most common species of butterfly. Did you know that 90% of all Central American butterflies, 66% of all neo-tropical butterflies,and 18% of all butterflies live in Costa Rica. Wow! Thats a lot of butterflies! When they finally got the tree moved, the journey to The Butterfly Farm, in Guácima, near San José. It was a cool place, with a strong butterfly theme of course. When we got there, a guide was waiting for us, her name was Lupe. She told us that she would show us around the farm. Wegot started and shetold us lot about the different types of butterflies they have and what they look like. When we actually got to see the butterflies, it was very fun. There was a man walking next to me who spilled the cup of nectar they gave us on his shirt. Befire he could try to clean it up, about sixty butterflies came swooping down and started to suck up all the nectar. By the time they were finished, his shirt was nearly dry. If you could have seen the man's face when he saw this cloud of color coming right at him, you would have fallen on the ground laughing. It was the funniest thing I have seen on this trip so far. The rest of the day was uneventfull, they served us lunch, chicken soup and Gallo Pinto. We left at about three thirty, and made it to town by four. I had a little time to kill, so I bought a couple of souveneers for later. I got a really cool gem butterfly pin and a wooden model of the church here in San José. I had dinner at my hotel and I am sitting in bed, I am going to have a horseback ride tomorrow. my favorite butterfly my butterfly