Feb 2010 - Costa Rica
This trip came very, very soon after my trip to Puerto Rico, and when I told people about it, most of them said, "Weren't you just there?.." Puerto Rico was beaches with a touch of rainforest, and this trip to Costa Rica was rainforest with a touch of beaches. Be sure to scroll down and check out my videos of monkeys, they're super cute.
This trip came very, very soon after my trip to Puerto Rico, and when I told people about it, most of them said, "Weren't you just there?.." Puerto Rico was beaches with a touch of rainforest, and this trip to Costa Rica was rainforest with a touch of beaches. Be sure to scroll down and check out my videos of monkeys, they're super cute.
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| La Fortuna Falls | A whimsy waterfall like at a really nice Japanese restaurant | |
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| The main fall! The impact of the fall with the pond below is explosive | A cloud moving into the forest | |
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| Arenal, and the biggest tree I've ever seen | The Arenal lake | Hiking through the forest |
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| Some pheasants | Coconut water after a long day of hiking | Supposedly Arenal is an active volcano, but just clouds for us... |
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| Monteverde Cloud Forest | We did some ziplines through the canopy. Even better because you literally disappear into the clouds. | |
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| A nice day in the forest | A telescoped view of a hummingbird nest | |
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| Most people go to Monteverde in search of the at times elusive Quetzel. We actually saw 10 or so while we were there! | ||
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| A full-grown male | ||
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| Amazing tail! | The intercontinental divide runs through the forest | |
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| A gross insect | These guys are white-nosed coatis | |
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| They had no problems with us. Check out the video below. | Driving through the countryside | Pacific Ocean |
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| A nice trail along the beach | ||
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| A lizard | Some raccoons | A woodpecker |
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| Cute monkeys! See also videos below. | ||
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| These two are friends | The older, wiser one | |
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| Such strange feet | ||
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| A squirrel monkey! | ||
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| A bunch of howler monkies | ||
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| Some time in San Jose before flying out | ||
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These were the coatis which came right up to be our friends.
A whole bunch of white faced monkies.
My favorite video - the squirrel monkey. Notice how at the start he has something in his hand (like a nut or something), and he pops it in his mouth.