Hiking in Monteverde

We got our first taste of really good (note sarcasm) Costa Rican roads today, though it took a while. We had a nice drive through the country to Santa Rosa National Park, where the famous Witch's ...
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The drive to Ricon dela Vieja was fairly uneventful apart from arriving at the ranger station La Pailas to discover that they have closed their camping area for ...
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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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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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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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September 5, 2004\r Duncan: The volcano (El Arenal) exceeded expectations. We were wary of getting our hopes too high, because most of the time during the rainy season it is covered in clouds and ...
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August 21st 2006 Left Heredia on the 29th July, having said my goodbyes to Emilia, Ana, Franklin & Oscar....& took the local bus from San Jose up to Santa Elena/Monteverde........ .. 6 ...
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One of the guidebooks commented that the Reserva Biologica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde (the Monteverde Rainforest Preserve) looked as if it had just been hosed ...
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