Greene, H. 1987 2 July (continued) We left ~0830 for the park, intending to walk to Punta Semiedo, ~2.5km. Learned at the headquarters that we couldn't use that trail until 114hr (use is timed to low tide because of dangerous currents). Instead walked the trail around Punta Catedral, which took ~an hour. Nice forest, tho we saw only Breina (cf. festiva) and Arolis, and literally hundreds of spectacular land crabs - dark red-brown carapaces, bright orange legs and yellow eyes (or at least eyespots). Sitting on the beach at the end (ie. Playa Manuel Antonio) we watched a very healthy looking, large male Ctenosaura similis ambly along the forest edge, frequently seizing some whitish object (fruit?) from the leaf litter and swallowing it w/ a few jaw movements. At 1100 we entered the trail to Puerto Escondido, which winds through forest then emerges after a steep slope onto a rocky beach. Whole loop took us 2 hours, including the time spent being lazy on the beach. Late this afternoon we went back to Playa Espadilla Sur to swim (best waves) as a thunder storm came in. We got back before it hit at ~1600hr, and watched a tremendous two hour downpour from the balcony of the Hotel Manuel Antonio. (see below) 4 July Up early and to the