Towards the end of our walk on Jaguar trail in Tortuguero, Clark decided to view the beach just to see and cool off, so we followed a little path through the bushes and trees. It was fortunate because this is where we startled a singular monkey and an unbothered squirrel. Here he decided to achieve a goal set early in our travel to Costa Rica: drink from a coconut HE found and broke open himself. I guess to make the coconut easier to carry back with us, he chose this moment to "peel" it, except he didn't really have any tools to do that. Is this proof that brute strength can accomplish a task if you're determined enough? No telling, but needless to say, we all were laughing by the end after the exertion.
He used whatever he could find on the beach...a sharp stump sticking out of the ground. We looked for a stone of some sort but none large enough were to be found. This is about half-way peeled.
At one point he said, "how do those guys make it look so easy?" We had seen a guy the night before on our walk to town breaking some open using a short wood post. Rosabel commented that most the guys we saw peeling coconuts used small machetes. I've always admired Clark's physical strength.
Finally!
Yes. There is water inside!
Another goal ticked off the to-do list and looking very pleased about that!
The next day, Clark harvesting the water even though he doesn't really care for it and enjoyed some of the meat of his bounty.
EL FIN
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