Turtle Stalking

I´ve just gotten back from the middle of nowhere and landed in another middle of nowhere (only this middle of nowhere has lots of yuppy trustafarians wearing Bob Marley tshirts)
My first middle of nowhere was Tortugero, where I toured some jungles via canoe and stalked turtles. Turtle stalking involves going on guided walks on the beach in the pitch black from 10 PM to midnight looking for giant leatherback turtles laying their eggs. Unfortunately I did not see a single turtle in 3 nights, as the season doesn´t really start up until June. These turtles can be up to 2 meters long (US conversion: 6 foot 4, like the size of Erik) and they come to shore every few years to lay 100 eggs. Apparently it is the most amazing thing ever to see one of these giant beasts ascend from the ocean.
I was lucky enough to at least see tracks. As we were walking single file in complete darkness, I figured there would be no way we could see turtle tracks. But these turtles are so enormous they basically create gorges when they walk. Pretty amazing.
I also saw a Cayman crocodile in the jungle - my guide and I were in a canoe about 2 feet away. Photo to follow!
So now I am in Montezuma hippy land where my friend Beth will be joining me for 5 days. I´m off to go look at some hippie clothes boutiques now, as what genius decided to have all of her clothes laundered while the clothes she is currently wearing are soaking wet from the torrential downpour??

Quiz question of the day:
When checking in for the plane from Tortugero to San Jose, the following things were put on a scale:
a) my luggage
b) me
c) all of the above

Maybe this is a common occurance on little planes but it kind of freaked me out.