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October 5, 2005
Cloud Forest
We were picked up in the morning by our guide and we headed to the Monteverde Cloud Forest, which was about 20 minutes away. The area consists of series of trails through a private reserve originally preserved by a group of Quakers. It was amazing. Monteverde is one of only five original cloud forests in the world and the trees were remarkable, but once again the animals kept away. We did get to see a variety of birds, a family of coatimundis, a tarantula, and an armadillo which made for a pretty good trip. The sun came out at one point, and we practically danced with joy.
After walking through the forest, we packed up our bags, checked out of the hotel, and then headed to a pizza place to grab a bite to eat before our bus ride back to San Jose. We ended up eating with the Spanish couple we had met the day before and exchanged emails before we departed. They had seen a sloth in the morning in Monteverde, where they also were, but said it was far away and (not surprisingly) not moving much.
The bus ride back to San Jose was uneventful other than the fact that part of the road at one point was narrowed to one lane so it ended up backing up traffic for miles and we got into the city later than expected. Once at the hotel we were delighted when they handed us the Fed-Ex package with our tickets to Caracas. It looks like we are all set.
Posted by Peter Mork at October 5, 2005 7:09 PM
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