We spent two nights in the town of Monteverde, which means Green Mountain. The town was founded by a group of Quakers from the U.S. in 1951. Here, we hiked the cloud forest and visited a butterfly garden, and Serpentariam.
| Kelly is walking across a skywalk about 100 feet above the ground in the canopy. From this perspective, you can see the air plants epiphytes such as orchards, and bromeliads. | |
| Dennis and Karen enjoying the Canopy tour. | |
| The canopy is very thick making it difficult to see and photograph. This area had the most lush vegitation I've ever seen. | |
| We hiked up to the contenental divide where on a clear day, you could see the pacific on one side, and the atlantic on the other. This day was typical of a Cloud forest in that you couldn't see more than 30 feet. | |
| This plant is called called the Poor man's umbrella for obvious reasons. The leaves can get up to 6 feet in diameter. | |
| Scenic view of Continental Divide trail. | |
| Scenic view of Continental Divide trail. | |
| Scenic view of Continental Divide trail. | |
| Scenic view of Continental Divide trail. | |
| We saw some of the most interesting insects and animals in the world. This beatle was very colorful (and tasty!) | |
| This little guy was particularly good sauted in garlic and served with Carbernet Sauvignon. | |
| And to top it off, some colorful salad fixin's. | |
| This is a male Quetzal in his nest. The female is less colorful and does not have the long tale. | |
| Another Quetzal. | |
| Interesting flower. | |
| I have no idea what this thing is, but it sure is cool looking. | |
| End of Monteverde page |
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