LA Weekly

The monkeys that live in Manuel Antonio National Park, just south of Quepos, Costa Rica, are declining in numbers not just because of their genetic isolation, but because they can't deal with civilization. As the town builds up around them, they get electrocuted on the wires, flattened in the road, even hit by bicycles (that's according to David D'Amore, the director of the school I'm attending, Escuela De Idiomas D'Amore).

Last night I stayed in a hotel that sponsors a group called "Kids Saving the Rainforest"; so far, they've built seven monkey bridges that span the road that runs from Quepos to the park. Evidently that's one of the better places to see the titis and capuchins that live around here -- sometimes they even frequent the hotels. But I stared at a bridge today for a half hour. No tengo suerte.

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