A thick mist hung over the river. Yarlen Diaz’s three male cousins woke with us at daybreak, grabbed their towels and ran down to the river to bathe. While we ate breakfast, they dressed, said their goodbyes and motored down river in their panga to school. By 6:30 am we were also on the water, with the mist thick all around us. We would see the boys’ boat tied up to the bank later, where the Sarapiqui River flows from Costa Rica into the Rio San Juan at Boca de San Carlos, where the boys attend school. Our first stop …
Rio San Juan Series #8 of 11: Yarlen’s Cousins’ House to Delta House (Nica Nugget #74)
