(america's, that is) whose heart was really in the right place, even if her tone, demeanor and appearance were unforgivably far off, kept screaming at these costa rican boys to "DON'T TOUCH THE MONKEYS!!!" and "VAMOOSE!!!"

justifiably not at all sure they had to recognize the authority of a hideous three hundred pound foreign woman in a ghastly and garishly colored bathing suit, fiercely clutching k-mart snorkeling gear and screaming complete nonsense in their general direction, they pretty much kept doing whatever they wanted to. honestly, i would have been 100% on the american woman's side if she weren't such an obscene ass, and if i didn't hear her completely undermine all of her own credibility by later commending other tourists for giving the moneys healthy food (their lunch). honestly, they monkeys didn't seem to give a rat's ass either way. probably because they were so full on cheetos or whatever their "protector" had just been feeding them.
do go to costa rica to see monkeys, but DON'T feed them.

...haha, i just said "see monkeys"