Quetzal Inn Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

... little more than a few cafés and restaurants in addition to the mandatory hotels, hostels and pensions. I took an early lunch at the Tree Top restaurant, which is built around a tree. I cannot imagine how many times the guests and waiters must have knocked their heads on the thick branches in between the small chairs were placed. I got my cash out of the ATM, shopped a few snacks for the upcoming bus journey the next day and a souvenir lighter – that I now am unable to ...

... a huge canyon filled with greenery.  In the middle of the tour there was a "tarzan swing."  We climbed stairs to a platform 40 feet off the ground and were attached to a rope that was likely about 35 feet long and swung into a clearing.

 After the zipline adventure (lots of fun!) we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon hiking to a waterfall.  We took a 25 minute taxi ride (3400 colones each for round trip, about $7 ...

... We saw a couple of small frogs in the pond in front of the gift shop at the national park, but they were just plain frogs (not the colorful tree frogs we were hoping to see). We had a great walk in Monteverde. We same more walking sticks, but they were much larger than the ones we saw during the day. We saw fireflies, some beetles, spiders, moths, caterpillars, and one very large mouse in a tree. We saw some glowing fungus as well. It was a really ...

... 6 teacher play a short gig. He was joined for a few songs by our professor Don from the U of W on the mandolin. They were great! I was over-lactosed so I went home afterwards. Saturday was a very busy day. I managed to get a ride early with my Tico dad to town so I waited at the bakery for the others. We then headed to the Farmer's Market, went on the internet and had a quick lunch at Taco Taco. The ladies and I (minus Annie) then headed to the Ranario (Frog Pond) and ...

... for the town when visitors come and buy from the locals and enjoy their culture. We got some great pictures of the cathedral with its cool tile floors, high arching ceiling and stained glass windows. Then it was back to the pier....15 minutes late.....but the ship had to wait anyway because the big stuck bus was one of their own tours. It was a great day and the ship's doctor says I should stop peeing blood in a day or two!!! [p.s. he *is* kidding about that last bit. really.]

... on du nous quitter pour San Jose. Je suis restee avec le couple d espagnols pour visiter le Parc de Monteverde et retanter notre chance pour apercevoir un Quetzal. Comme prevu le parc etait plein de monde, des groupes avec guides et jumelles longue distance super sophistiquées. On a un peu bataillé et marché plus vite pour tous les depasser et ainsi s extirper de leur vacarme. Malheureusment on entendais encore les cris venant d un parque a tireliennes. Notre ...

... to dance with them and for some reason the group nominated me so it was fun trying to dance but mainly I was concentating so ******* not tripping on the long skirt they gave me to wear. The next morning I went into town and found a delightful little bakery and treated myself to a tasty guava pastry...then I went ziplining in the afternoon which I must admit was quite crazy...for ...

... Jews, they couldn´t go anywhere so we had to come to them, which turned out great since their hotel had a great view of the volcano. We sat on the balcony and talked, with a great view of the lava rocks flying off the mountain. The next day, we started off on our way to Tortuguero, early in the morning. But that´s a different story. . Pics will be coming soon - as soon as we have a computer that likes our cameras. Pura Vida Phoenix and Ido The rest

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