Here we look back over the larger pool at the entrance. To the left, Kaela Tompkins of British Columbia shopped for souvenirs. She eventually settled for a selection of postcards.

Kaela picked up one of the baby sea turtles from a converted freezer (now a pond) behind the surf-board rental area of the beach.

Kaela waited with hands poised to have the volleyball fly over the net and in her direction.

Kaela relaxed in a hammock where she read a book. She had become momentarily distracted by conversation.

Kaela watched the guide, Eugenio Quesada, roll up a cut piece of heated palm. The heating made it flexible and tough so that it could be rolled or folded.