你好,
After lunch today, most of us traveled by boat to a different part of Isla Colón, where we were told there was a cave full of bats. On the short walk from the shore to the cave, we saw a three-toed sloth, and Pete (ITEC’s director) showed us the plant that is used to make Panama hats. We also learned that you can pull out a certain part of the plant and eat the end of it, the taste of which Pete likened to heart of palm. It tasted pretty all right, given that we pulled it out of the ground. Now all that is left is to taste the famed Panama hat and compare. We arrived at the cave, which was formed out of an ancient, massive coral reef that died millions of years ago. 
Pete told us that he had discovered the cave when he nearly fell into one of its entrances. Not long after we entered, we had to get down on our hands and knees and crawl through a small passageway, which opened up into a larger chamber. There we saw the first of the bats, which began to fly around as soon as we arrived and interrupted their afternoon naps. Among these were vampire bats — Pete pointed out a patch of dried blood 
on the cave floor, likely the aftermath of their feasting. We had also been told that we might see a spiny rat, and this possibility was realized in a shocking manner when one dropped down from the cave ceiling, right between me and Ben (which prompted Ben to call out in terror). From there we passed through another tiny passageway into a chamber that held even more bats. They flew all around us, sometimes missing our faces by only a few inches. We continued forward to another smaller space, where we found more bats, among them a dozen or so that were hanging from the cave wall. We had reached a dead end, and then passed back through the cave to the exit.
After leaving the cave, we walked to a restaurant on the beach for some refreshments. On the way there, some of us spotted two-toed sloths sleeping in a tree. There were three in total, and they were quite close together. We have been told that this is unusual. Once at the restaurant we all enjoyed refreshing smoothies and juices, as well as the semi-functional Wi-Fi. Some went swimming briefly, though I stayed ashore with two very personable dogs. Eventually it was time to return to ITEC, and we all boarded the boat back.
भवदीय,
-Tommy