Sloths only poop once a week

Today we learned a lot about sloths and got to meet several of them. We also found out that they only poop and pee once a week which I just find insane. They are incredibly sweet animals and they feel surprisingly soft to the touch. Everyone here is so nice and knowledgeable which mostly comes from experience due to the fact that there is hardly any literature on the rehabilitation of sloths. The woman who owns this place has written a book about it and has become the authority on it. They have several babies here as well as adults that they are rehabilitating to go back into the wild. They also have several adults (one with a baby) who will stay here forever due to the fact that they are either too injured or sick to go back. Not to worry though, they're livin' the good life.

After taking the sloth tour we took a ride to Cahuita which is a small town about 10 minutes from here. There are several small restaurants and a pharmacy/shopping center with a few stores. So sad to walk around here and see the quality of life. I'm not implying that these people are unhappy but it's just sad to see women walking around with babies only wearing diapers and dogs running through town with visible rib cages. We met a woman here at the sanctuary who was traveling alone so we offered her a ride into town with us and all 3 of us had dinner at this amazing place called "Cha, Cha, Cha". The food was great and Sue is a really interesting woman. A world traveler, she definitely inspired us to go other places.

Tomorrow morning we are getting up at 6am to go on a canoe tour that the sanctuary runs. They run them all day but the suggested time is 6am due to the wild life being more active at that time and also it's cooler in the morning here. We got lucky and noticed on our drive home from dinner that there are stars out (no clouds) so it seems like we'll be in luck for no rain in the morning. Let's hope it holds up.

Definitely stay posted for more tomorrow, going to take tons of photos on the canoe.

Photos from today:

The view from the outside (buttercup portrait points you in)

Some of the boats that they give the river tours on (view from outside our room)

I am happy to introduce you to "Toyota" who was found in the road and brought to Aviarios Del Caribe Sloth Sanctuary for rehab. They had to amputate his left arm but he is a very happy permanent resident and was very curious about why we were watching him eat his meal.

We will post tons more photos of the baby sloths we got to see as well as buttercup and the canoe tour tomorrow. As for me, I'm off to sleep.