So much to write!

Hello everybody!
It has been an action packed couple of weeks. Alex and Joy were here and we had such a wonderful time with them. We were so busy with our activities that I didn´t have time to write. It was a very special trip and I am so happy that they were able to come.
We did many things despite the fact that Luis and Alex were in bed for a day or two each with a bad stomache virus that had been passing around. Luis´parents and brother both had it.
I haven´t been posting pictures because Luis´ digital camera is in the shop being fixed. Luckilly Joy and Alex took lots of fantastic pictures and Luis´brother Jose and his wife also took many pictures on their camera.
The time we spent was full of experiences that felt like something out of a dream. I know that sounds cheesy, but its true. My favorite was probably our trip to the Island Boca Brava. It is an amazing island about an hour from David where bands of howler monkeys live and we swam listening to their calls from the trees. We also had some close encounters with them. We walked through the forest to get to a secluded beach where we swam in tranquil warm water. There were many different leaves in the water and I made friends with a curious little fish that was fascinated by my bathing suit and white legs. At night we climbed up a ladder at our hotel to the roof of the restaurant where there is a small platform perfect for stargazing. The view is so startling it´s like a map where not only do we come to meet the stars, but they seem to come down to meet us. At night I woke up several times to the sound of thrashing on the roof. I believe it was the monkeys. In the morning we woke up early in our rustic hotel cabins and walked down to a little boat launching spot where purple flowers were floating gently on the silvery water fresh from a big tree. The air was humid and heavy with the aroma of plants.
Just as we were about to take the water taxi back to the mainland, I heard the dog that lives at the hotel barking excitedly. Alex, Joy, and Luis had already descended the staircase to the boat, but I went back to use the bathroom. I followed the dog back to the spot where we had slept that night and three monkeys were in the tree on the edge of the water. I was startled by their human like faces and by the expression of the largest monkey who moved defensively toward the dog his little fist raised like some strange shaman. The barking dog, a rotweiler, got as close as possible to the group of monkeys and I was worried that she might follow the unsettled twigs, leaves, and dirt that rained off the steep cliff edge just beyond her paws onto the beach. I ran back to get Luis, but by that time the monkeys were already gone.
The day Alex and Joy arrived in David was Joy´s birthday and to celebrate we went to a farm not far from the sea where a group of Guacamaya´s live.
Ok well I´ll write more later!
Take care!