In Tropical Riviera Nayarit
by Irene Butler
Published in TravelLady E-Zine and Senior’s Choice Magazine and TravelingTales.com
Curtains of foliage drape the sides of narrow waterways deep in the mangrove forest. Our small boat manoeuvres past the bulging roots which hold these amazing trees upright in the brackish water’s silt base. Crocodiles appear as drifting logs, until they swish their powerful tails. Large swamp turtles laze in the sun on the protruding roots. A pitch-black bird is oddly perched on a branch; its motionless wings spread like a fan. Our guide Richardo says, “That Anhinga is drying his feathers after diving for his lunch.” A White Ibis, then a Tiger Heron make an appearance in this coastal wildlife refuse of La Tovara.
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