i am leaving from miami, USA to fly to san jose, costa rica
ciudad colon: a public bus
ciudad colon: a little 'soda', a small informal lunch counter
ciudad colon: ticos love colors!
ciudad colon: lots of uncovered and unsecured potholes to fall in.....
ciudad colon: costa rican garbage bins
ciudad colon: most houses take security seriously!
ciudad colon: the police
ciudad colon: internet cafes are everywhere
san jose: terminal atlantico norte where i take the bus to monte verde
on the bus to monte verde
on the bus: so far i was not able to find out which building in san jose this is...
on the bus: san jose street
on the bus: just outside san jose
on the bus: outside san jose
on the bus: costa rica country side
on the bus: bus station with taxi cabs
on the bus: a little store
on the bus
lunch break during the bus ride
santa elena: my hostel: pension santa elena
santa elena: breakfast at donde henry
santa elena:'downtown'
coffee tour: view over costa rica to the west
coffee tour: coffee plant
coffee tour: the coffee farmer
coffee tour: in the coffee plantation
coffee tour: bananas
coffee tour: you can see the mighty clouds from the cloud forest in the back!
coffee tour: young coffee plants
coffee tour: the farmer explains about farming coffee
coffee tour: coffee harvesting
coffee tour: more explanations
coffee tour: a farm house
coffee tour: at the coffee mill. this is the official measure for coffee
coffee tour: here they expel the beans from the cherries
coffee tour: sun drying the coffee
coffee tour: sun dried cherries in front, raw beans in back
coffee tour: roasting the coffee
coffee tour: dark, medium, and light roasted beans
coffee tour: fair trade coffee from monteverde
twilight hike: here we started the twilight hike
twilight hike: i am in the jungle!
twilight hike: agutis
twilight hike: these seeds contain high concentrations of levodopa, a direct precursor of the neurotransmitter dopamine
cloud forest hike: here i enter the santa elena cloud forest reserve
cloud forest hike: i am very impressed
cloud forest hike: the forest is awesome!
cloud forest hike: WOW
cloud forest hike: and more WOW
cloud forest hike: our guide explains a lot about plants and animals
cloud forest hike: and it is always wet. and cloudy.
cloud forest hike
santa elena: morphos, i had dinner here
santa elena: the tourist office
santa elena almost at night
santa elena: 'donwtown'
santa elena: 'downtown'
santa elena: across the pension santa elena
