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Chapter 29

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Jacqui Hodder
Nov 26, 2023
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Top left - a water taxi moving through the canals of Tortuguero. The canopy makes the route very dark. Top right - thick tree roots disappear into the water with the jungle on top. Bottom left. A canal route through the jungle which is overgrown and stretches out over the brown water. Bottom right - a greeting party on the Caño Palma deck with a small brown dog at face height as the boat pulls upTop left - a water taxi moving through the canals of Tortuguero. The canopy makes the route very dark. Top right - thick tree roots disappear into the water with the jungle on top. Bottom left. A canal route through the jungle which is overgrown and stretches out over the brown water. Bottom right - a greeting party on the Caño Palma deck with a small brown dog at face height as the boat pulls up
Top left - a water taxi moving through the canals of Tortuguero. The canopy makes the route very dark. Top right - thick tree roots disappear into the water with the jungle on top. Bottom left. A canal route through the jungle which is overgrown and stretches out over the brown water. Bottom right - a greeting party on the Caño Palma deck with a small brown dog at face height as the boat pulls upTop left - a water taxi moving through the canals of Tortuguero. The canopy makes the route very dark. Top right - thick tree roots disappear into the water with the jungle on top. Bottom left. A canal route through the jungle which is overgrown and stretches out over the brown water. Bottom right - a greeting party on the Caño Palma deck with a small brown dog at face height as the boat pulls up
A visit to Caño Palma

Author Commentary

I spent two chapters writing about the trip to Laguna 4 for lunch and thought it was time to move on. I was conscious of not dragging this section of the book out for too much longer.

I also wanted to spend the whole of Chapter 30 describing my experience at the Caño Palma Research Station because I found the visit so inspirational. I th…

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