Monteverde Rustic Lodge
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Frogs, Coffee, Chocolate, Zippity-do-dah-day
The second destination of our Around the World Trip was to a cute little mountain town located in the Mountains of Costa Rica. Monteverde is located at the top of the continental divide of Costa
Rica, in what is called a cloud forest. The temperatures here were quite a bit lower than on the Pacific Coast and a whole lot windier. This place …
We are in for a bumpy ride
We headed out from lovely cabin #3 to Monteverde. We had to wrap around the lake and take some of the worst roads we've ever seen. Prius size potholes with gaggles of gusts of wind.
On the ride out we saw a strange animal neither of us had seen before. Its called a coatimundi? A friendly little fella in the raccoon family. I pulled over …
24 7
it feels like this is one of the first moments ive had to myself in like 3 months. i know thats not the case. ive done a few weekend trips solo, but it feels like it.
I know this is going to sound cheesy, but somedays it's really hard giving myself to these children, when at the end of the day they still dont have loving parents. and I can't …
Costa Rica - Monteverde
Hola, Ian here: Straddling the continental divide at 1440 meters (4662 ft), the Monteverde cloud forest area offers one of the most interesting places to visit in Costa Rica. The area is acclaimed as one of the most outstanding wildlife refuges in the New World Tropics. To give you an idea of the ubundent wildlife available in this area there are …
Jeep-boat-jeep
... minibus for a "Costa Rican massage" our tour guides way of warning us about the condition of the roads, which were more like trails.Twists and turns, STEEP inclines, random cows, horses and chickens and I mention mist and rain? Disney could learn a thing or two from these roads.In distance it was about 29 km, took us 1.5 hours.Oh, and of course the truck with both front and back wheels off the road, ...
Amenities
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
- Kitchenette