I have been involved with a crocodile monitoring project encompassing the entire Osa peninsula in southwestern Costa Rica since 2005, when I traveled to Puerto Jimenez with Matt Harris and Steve Conners and visited Mike Boston, president of Osaventura. To date, several monitoring trips are beginning to help with the understanding of the American crocodile's (Crocodylus acutus) natural history throughout the area. Along with the crocodile work, one learns to appreciate not only the beauty of Costa Rica, but the diverse array of wildlife and the wonderful people, known locally as Ticos. I have seen eyelash vipers (Bothreichis schlegeli) while hiking rain forests, pods of dolphins while crossing Golfo Dulce, active volcanos in  northern Costa Rica and the dimunitive Poison dart frogs in Carate. This work will soon be published, once the data we have collected is analyzed.