In the place we are staying in Puerto Viejo, there are two little kittens. Their names are Cyber and Space, they are brother and sister, and both are ardorable. Cyber is a ginger male, that is slightly larger than Space, and is playful and fun. Space is a teensy little tortoiseshell, that is sleepy and sweet. They both enjoy exploring and playing with each other, and they often play in the bushes, and it is unusual for them to stray too far from the common space.

I like the kittens because they can fit in my hands, and they fall asleep in my lap. Sometimes when I am  watching something on my iPad they will chew on my headphones, (Which isn’t great) climb up on me to head butt me, or nip at my fingers when I wiggle them in front of them. I also like just looking at their tiny faces, and giving them kisses, or nuzzling them. I think it is cute that sometimes when I try to play with them, instead of nipping me, they start licking my finger, or when I scratch the side of their throat, and they seem to just close their eyes and go to sleep within seconds.

The kittens, however, are not the only animals here. There are also five dogs, and they are everywhere. At any given moment, there are at least two dogs in sight, and they often come to sit under the table that you sit at. They are all big, the smallest one being a black lab, and they wander away from the home, often walking with us to the corner store down the street. Two of the dogs are the brothers of a dog at the pizzeria next door; everyone’s related here they say. One day when we were in moneteverede, we saw the same dog at the bakery we went to every day when we were in town, four kilometers away. It was the same in Drake Bay. The animals here ar pretty lucky because it’s all very free range.