Belmar Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

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... figured it was a fuel issue. Now, a few days later, we relize the problem was not Wesley but bad fuel. White smoke, which we were blowing, is a sign of too much water in the fuel. Of course we had to get the bad Diesel right before going over the Moutain of Death! Luckily Wesley is running fine now.<br><br>That night we parked in the middle of a pineapple field own buy yours truly, Del Monte. I never thought we would be enjoying Del Monte for it's beautiful sunset's!

... on the way back down we finally arrived back at the hostel, we had managed to turn a 3 hour hike into an all day event, but the rainforest was really nice and its not like eitherof us had anything better to do so we really didnt care.<br><br>I think its probably nap time now and then tomorrow morning I am off to La Fortuna to look at an active volcano.<br><br>Also since my cameras broken all photos I have are stolen from other people. Cheers for these ones JD.

... urinate. Apparently monkey urine smells dreadfully so I was pleased his aim wasn't too good although a large branch did end up dangerously close. A large bird in the trees with distinctive red legs and blue beak heralded a Black Guan, this turkey like bird is often called the tree turkey as it was caught and eaten by the Quakers when they first arrived in this area in the 1950s. The Quakers came here after they had objected to the draft and they founded a ...

Just a quick blog to keep you up to date<br>Had to change plans as there was no space at Sirena Ranger Station. Margarita was able to organise alternative route into Corcovado<br>Got Marvi bus to Sierpe. Stayed in good cabinas and had excellent meal in their restaurant<br>

... to get a little rest. When we left for dinner, it was raining pretty hard. Parker and I had decided that we wanted to go on the night walk whether or not it was raining. We went back to Johnny&#8217;s for dinner and then we were off to the national park for a 7:00 pm night tour.<br><br> Parker and I were the only ones on the night tour. The weather was pretty bad. We were wearing our rain coats. We were glad we had them as it was raining and it was a ...

... im going to spend a couple days at another volunteer place. We shall see. I only have a couple days left because i come home on friday. So i got about 4 days. Hope everyone is doing well. Honestly if i didn't have a job lined up i would make Laurie quit her job and come live here because its awesome. But since i finally have a solar job I think I will love I have been looking forward to starting when i get home. Have a great day. Chris

... so I slept at Lindsey's. It's been a great experience seeing what everyone else's home stays are like. Last weekend we decided to stay in Monteverde. After school on Friday we all went to a Professional Development session on bubbles. Fun! After, hanging out at the school for a bit the majority of us met up at Tramonti's for what we've been told is the best pizza in town (only pizza I've had but I really liked it)! From there we headed to Moon Shiva to watch the ...

... of about 1400 m. We stayed the first night in a hotel called Roca Dura (yes, that is Hard Rock) then got up early to hike out. This first day was 15 km straight up to Base Crestones, where we would sleep before getting up at three to hike the last 5 km to the summit in time for sunrise. It was definitely tough going. The path was well marked, but it was very steep and muddy. We stopped for water and a rest approximately every two km, but it was still so ...