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Monteverde Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Monteverde, Costa Rica
Monteverde Cloud Forest
I spent just two days in the cloudforest doing nature walks and trying to avoid the incredible amounts of rain that would fall from the sky. On the first afternoon I tried to avoid the rain by visiting the orchid garden. The girl who showed me around ...
Fruit farm
Today we have set of for the small village of Coco, about 8 kms outside of Siquirres. The owners of the coach builders have a small farm here and have invited us to stay for a couple of days to have a break. The only problem we have is that the entrance ...
The adventure starts in Costa Rica
... is famed for things like rafting zip-lining can canyoning, you name it and you can do it in Costa Rica. We headed straight for the town of Monteverde which is situated high in the Costa Rican cloud forest. On day one, the whole group ...
Monteverde
I did the Jeep-Boat-Jeep trip to Monteverde. The Jeep-Boat part was quite pleasant but the -Jeep part was a Roller coaster on a rough road. The beautiful scenery made up for rough ride. Monteverde is high in the hills. So high it is at cloud level. I ...
Monteverde
Another drive, this time to the cloud forest at Monteverde. The route to get there consisted of about 30 miles of quite bad dirt road then good asphalt before turning onto the last 35 kms of dirt road again. The last section was a mix of good and bad, we ...
Volcan Arenal and Monteverde
What a briliant weekend. After watchin Costa Rica v Germany on Friday morning, we all got in the minibus with our tour guide Jerry - a legend - and set of north to see the most active Volcano in Costa Rica. We drove throuh the forested mountains. We ...
My milkshakes bring all the girls to the pig farms
... . I said adios to Eric at the bus station early last Thursday morning and took the local bus up to the Monteverde cloud forest in the mountains of Costa Rica. Sniffling a bit, but with luck on my side, two blind men with guitars got on the bus about ...
Lots of activities
A.m - We went to the Serpent Exhibition where they have lots of different types of snakes, it was very interesting and we never realised that not all snakes lay eggs!!, well now we know lots about different types of snakes and has made us paranoid about ...
Costa Ricccccccaaaaa
... before the bus back so we decided to see the reptile exhibit and it was one of te highlights. There are soo many snakes in Costa Rica ! Bloody big ones as well. There there was the toads and the multicoloured tiny frogs that can kill you in an hours . ...
Limon Costa Rica
This morning we arrived in Limon (Thats spanish for Lemon), Costa Rica, at about 10am, a nice late start for a change, I think this side of the Carribean is the only place in the world where its extremely hard to take pictures from our cabin, as we ...
Ziplining, tarzan swinging and superman-ing!
... ! It was indeed scaaaaaaaary but such an adrenaline rush. There were some impressive screams! It was an exhilarating start to our Costa Rica adventure and when we returned to our hotel, we were offered a salsa dance lesson. This was highly ...
Monteverde - the cloud forest
... is famous for its cloud forest, and I had every hope of seeing the green red-eyed frog (an icon I thought of Costa Rica). We got to Monteverde, and then began to experience more rain... heavy... and very high winds. We had lunch in town, and got soaked ...
Ziplining in a Cloud Forest -average weekday stuff
... of stones and potholes. However it was worth it as we were able to see some beautiful scenery of Costa Rica's mountainous interior. In Monteverde there are a lot of ecological and biological attractions so of course we went straight for the ...
Cloud Forest Adventures
Rivers running like veins through the spinal mountain range of Costa Rica, carrying their blood to open wounds of lakes and oceans. The views from the bus akin to pressing your nose to the oven door as a child. Chocolate chip mountains rising ...
Chillin' out in the center of Costa Rica
... part of this area was the huge amount of hummingbirds zooming around our heads... There are supposed to be 60 species of hummingbirds in Costa Rica and about 20 or so in Santa Elena. We grabbed a bite to eat and rushed to our next tour - a guided walk ...
Horses, Zip-Lines and Lovely Rain in Monteverde
... the vilest souvenir t-shirts the town had to offer. They are tie die brown with massive glittery leopards on the front, saying Costa Rica in a revolting font. It looked like Natascha was our carer! Photos will be uploaded soon! (I dont think any of ...
Monteverde
... to pull the coach clean out, seemingly without any real damage. Santa Elena itself is a quiet little town next to the Monteverde cloud forest, a rain forest located at 6,000ft therefore very very wet. There are tons of things to do from coffee tours, ...
Monteverde
... from earlier in the day was performing a gig on his guitar. Thankfully we arrived at the end of his set and were quickly able to escape downstairs to get some dinner. We are getting a jeep-boat-jeep to Arenal next having completed our stay in ...
Central American break
... I don't even recognise and we were especially unfortunate to see a bobcat toward the end of the day! Seeing what gave Costa Rica its reputation as being one of the most ecologically diverse nations in the world made the day somewhat worthwhile, regardless ...
On to Monteverde
... or seasonings though. I've found something I've liked every place we've gone. They aren't big dessert people here in Costa Rica so that part is a little different for us, but we did have ice cream several times. Tomorrow we will go ...
Monteverde
... in some internetcafe writing down this log. Tomorrow we´re going to Nicaracua...I am looking forward to that a lot. I´ve been in Costa Rica for about 9 weeks now and I think it will be fun to see a different environment. Anyhow...signing off. Seeya ...
Zip-lines
Last night we went to a restaurant where there is a tree growing in the middle for our celebratory dinner. Kate asked the waiter about cake and he brought out a piece of cake with a candle in it for Jason. The dinner was very good and we were ...
Country number 5 - Costa Rica
Today we arrived in Costa Rica and stayed in Santa Elena which is next door to the Monteverde cloud forest. Costa Rica´s looks beautiful and so green. Santa Elena is about 4k feet above sea level so is a bit more chilly than we are used ...
Nature walk and Zip wiring
We were up at 5.45am again in order to be ready for our nature walk. We got picked up and taken to the Monteverde Rain Forest reserve. We had asked especially which tour we should go on to see a Toucan and of course we were recommended the most expensive ...
Green on Green Violence
A cloud forest is a rare, cool and extremely moist ecosystem located in the moutainous regions of this part of the world. The biodiversity is reportedly stellar, but the lush vegetation ensures that you don´t actually see any wildlife. The forest ...
Extremo Zip Line
Today we did a crazy Zip Line here in Costa Rica. It was the most hardcore one we could find called EXTREMO. You probably know what zip lining is but if you don't, it's basically you sit in a little harness which hangs from a cable on a pulley. The ...
Costa Rican (Chicken Bus) Rendition
... our passports stamped and existed in the frenetic no mans land (the earthly equivalent of purgatory). Our destination was the Monteverde Cloud Forest (more on exactly what that is later) and the adjoining town, Santa Elena several hundred Kilometres to ...
Canopy Tour above the cloud forrest
... a bummer that we have class tomorrow. Oh well. Last night was a rocking time. We went out to this bar in Monteverde to hit the beers and the dance floor. Chelsea and I split our time between the dance floor and talking to the ...