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Monteverde Cloud Forest
(Feb 02 '07)
"We could see way down to the bottom of the rainforest and across the tops of the trees as the misty clouds rolled through."
The Cloud Forest
(Jun 06 '06)
After spending another two nights in San Jose it was thankfully time to escape the smog. Catching the bus proved to be a lot easier than I thought it would - the bus stop was where it was supposed to ...
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The Last Adventure
(Jun 10 '07)
So this was it: the last little side-trip. With four days to go, I've started thinking about the "last" everything... the last Monday, the last bus rides, the last time I'll wear certain things (it's ...
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Manual Antonio to Monteverde
(Dec 18 '06)
"We finally got to Monteverde which reminded me of a high altitude town in Nepal or Tibet."
December 18th - Day 3 We got up and running fairly quickly since we knew we had a really long drive. First ...
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The cloud forest
(Mar 13 '06)
Our journey from La Fortuna to Monteverde began on horseback - definitely the best thing I've done so far on this trip. It was a 3-hour journey around Lake Arenal to the other side where we were ...
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Big old trees...
(Jan 09 '06)
9.01.06
Drove to our eco lodge in Santa Elena up in the hills. A four hour drive. The last hour for the final 25K climb along a road worse than the lane leading to the farm! Good ...
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So, it happens to be that our 6AM bus was really a 5:45AM bus, and the next bus was at 9AM, but the important part is we made it, with good timing, to ...
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Looking at trees and flying through the cloud forest
(Feb 12 '07)
"tarzan swings are wrong,wrong, wrong"
We drove to santa Elena. near Monteverde, along some bone shaking roads, stopping along the way to feed some white nosed coatis and eat some yummy trout an drink ...
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Still in Monteverde
(Feb 23 '07)
Fri Feb 23 - still in Monteverde up in the mountainous area. We started the day with a zip line tour. It was AWESOME. We strapped on harnesses and zipped our way over the rain cloud forest. We ...
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Monteverde Farewell
(Sep 10 '04)
Taryn: Today was our last day in Monteverde. In the morning we went to a spectacular waterfall in San Luis, a town near Santa Elena. Getting there was half the fun, however. We took a taxi from ...
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Recent Blogs for Monteverde
A final few days was spent taking in the local area. The little village of Tamarindo is quite the surf area so draws a young crowd to party late at night. We know that to ...
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COCODILES, Crocodiles and more crocodiles punctuated today. Crocodiles on one side and cows on the other. Oh yes monkeys, birds, and iguanas also showed their ...
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After an all night flight from Seattle to Atlanta and then on to Liberia Costa Rica we spent our first two days at the resort taking in the rays of the ...
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