Monkeys at Playa Mantas

I’m still working on my hundreds of photos of birds photographed on Rio Tarcoles Monday, so I will start with one of the last things we saw, a Troop of White-faced Capuchin Monkeys among the trees along Mantas Beach (Playa Mantas), which I first visited while staying at Hotel Punta Leona in March of 2019. The beach photo below was made then. 🙂 The hotel and resort development owns most of the land but the government says beaches cannot be private, so Walter took us to a little trail at the end of one street in the village of Punta Leona to get here, mainly for the monkeys and sloths. I did not get a sloth photo this time, but some of my Canadian friends did. To see more of these monkey photos, go to what will become a sub-gallery of this Trip Gallery: Playa Mantas Monkeys 2025 or if you want more, see my capuchins from all over CR in gallery: White-faced Capuchin Monkeys.

White-faced Capuchin Monkey, Playa Mantas, Punta Leona, Costa Rica
Playa Mantas, Punta Leona, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Sonogram Report Yesterday

I do have a “spot “on one of my lymph nodes and next Tuesday I have “surgery” with a needle to get a biopsy, but he thinks it is most likely benign, not cancer. But if cancer, it will be easy to remove.

2 Replies to “Monkeys at Playa Mantas”

    1. Thanks Robbie! Once you’ve had cancer it seems to keep hanging around! 🙂 But I’m confident that I’m in good hands. Thanks for your prayers!

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