A couple of days were spent in the luxury of Lotusbird Lodge with the same  English couple that took the Tropical North Tour. We were the only guests and had a great time. The clients found it rather hot and to everyone else's amazement kept jumping in the spa to cool down. None of the locals thought the water had warmed up enough yet!

Having failed to see the Golden-shouldered Parrots on our arrival day Sue Shepherd helped us get excellent views the next day. Another highlight of the trip  were a pair of Red Goshawks. This was exciting as they had not been seen recently and it was feared that they had been driven off by a Black-breasted Buzzard which had apparently set up home near the Goshawk nest. We saw no sign of the Buzzard but the Goshawks performed well.