Blogs from Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 18

Nach dem aufregenden Tag am Vulkan Arenal ging es per Taxi-Boot-Taxi in die Nebelwaelder von Monteverde. Zimmer bezogen wir unserer Gesinnung entsprechend in der Casa Tranquilo. Unser erstes Abenteuer bestand darin, den Nebelwald ueber Haengebruecken in schwindel-erregender Hoehe zu durchqueren, immer auf der Suche nach dem Quetzal. Leider hat er sich zu gut versteckt. Jedoch konnten wir - zusaetzlich zu einem herrlichen Ausblick- einige Kolibris bewundern, die uns hubschraubergleich um die Koepfe schwirrten. Am Nachmittag machten wir eine Wanderung durch das Reservat Monteverde. Der 7 Kilometer lange Rundweg fuehrt uns zu ein paar schoenen Aussichtspunkten, unter anderem zu diesem Wasserfall. Nachher be... read more

Ah don have tiiiime to be lookin fer ma moooonkay! We spent just over two weeks at the Rainsong Wildlife Reserve, run by the Large Texan Mary (again, exactly Kathy Bates in Waterboy) , where I got to wash some crates, move some cacti, and some rocks, and some dirt, and some lumber, and wash some more crates. D cleaned some cages and moved even more things, and cut things with a machete (cries of ¨whar´s Daaaareek an his macheteee?¨could be heard echoing through the hills). D had a slight crush on the machete, even bringing it on a hike with us. I snuck off to play with the animals as often as possible. The anteater had to be my favourite. If you put her down, she would stand on her hind legs and open her ... read more

Well, our time was up in Nicaragua, and while it had been a blast it was time to head to Costa Rica... First stop was hoping to be Monteverde; we had dropped the rental car off and were now on foot without really knowing how to get there. After a long and stinking hot 4 hour wait at the border (1 on the Nica side, 3 on the Costa) we boarded a bus to Liberia hoping to find a connection there. Fortunately along the way we met an American family who were spending a year in Nicaragua and visiting Liberia for the weekend...as they were fluent in Spanish they were gracious enough to make some enquiries at the Liberia bus station and got us pointed in the right direction, and we were off to Canas... From ... read more

We have to go to Monteverde. When the McLeod’s visited Costa Rica some 17 years ago they never made it to the famous Costa Rican community of Monteverde because they didn’t have a 4x4. Monteverde has a unique history, climate, geography, ecology, and is very difficult to get to. Therefore people want to go there. Monteverde, means Green Mountain in English, and after spending two nights in Monteverde I wonder what kind of green the name refers to. I'm pretty sure you know it isn't the green that Puerto Viejo is known for and that what I'm talking about is dollars. The area has outstanding attractions including adventure tours like zip-lining, and nature tours and attractions such as the insect, bat, frog, serpent, night hike, horseback riding, quad, and tree planting tours...all at a cost. Since ... read more

Hej Da noget tyder paa, at denne blog ikke er naaet frem til alle, sender vi den igen. Der findes mange forskellige dage, nogle mere serioese end andre. I flaeng kan vi naevne D-dag (invasionen i Normandiet) P-dag og J-dag (paaske og julebryggene paa gaden). Siden sidst har vi fejret Q-dag, som er dagen, hvor den foerste Quetzal blev set. Og hvad er det saa for en stoerrelse ? Det kommer vel ikke helt bag paa de , der stadig laeser vores breve, at det er en fugl. Vi talte lidt om den bagefter og blev enige om, at havde man bedt en kunstner male en skoer fugl, ville man nok naeppe have faaet et mindre maerkvaerdigt resultat. En groen-turkis fugl med roed mave paa ca. 30 - 35 cm med "strithaar" og en lang groen ... read more