DeBenedictis 1964 March 8 Chatham Bay, Gros Island, Costa Rica a quarter mile out from shore and we went in from there. Took a lot of pictures from the boat to finish my last role of 36. The bay has 2 nice coarse coral sand beaches, and very weather lava rocks been elsewhere. The forest comes down to the beach line, and to the one side there is a large range of a palm and liqune and to the other the forest is broken by open low vegetation; centered in the forest area is a creek, which provides an easy passage to the higher part of the island. The forest is magnificent 1 story forest- Tall tree with a low undergrowth. The trees are dense crowned and 50-80 ft. height; the branches and trunks are covered with bromeliases and there are