We are surrounded by rolling mountains of lush jungle. One of the highest points of Monteverde is a "cloud forest," full of incredible diversity of flower and fauna.
We hired a guide who carried a spotting scope, and he was so fast at spotting creatures and setting up the scope that you would almost think the wildlife wasn't real, was set up exactly were he knew to find them.
They were real, of course.
After our guided tour, we wandered the cloud forest (named as such because it is at the top of the mountain and has clouds passing through it constantly) and took a trail that ended on the continental drift. We couldn't see anything because of the clouds but the wind was fierce due to the conflicting weather systems of the Pacific and Caribbean coasts.
It's always windy in Monteverde.
We had lunch at a small brewey and wandered the town of Santa Elena before heading back to our hotel for a rest. We had walked more than 15,000 steps and climbed the equivalent of more than 80 flights of stairs!
Our hotel is on a west-facing hillside, and the owner told us of a path that he made that climbs to the top of his property. He told us that from there, he had a spectacular view of sunset.
He said it was a short walk but he didn't say how steep the walk was. I added another 20 flights of stairs to my daily total. I cursed like a drunken sailor the entire way up, but when we reached the viewpoint, I shut up.
I took many pictures with my D-SLR but haven't looked at them yet. Here's a shot that I captured with my smartphone.
Happy Friday!
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