Spectacular large blue Hummingbird

Monteverde bird tour

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April 5th 2006
I like walking around places on my own... reading tour guide books, exploring, reading maps - so when my daughter told me she had met a guy named Freddy on her previous trip to Monteverde, and that he did bird tours for $25 a person, I was a little skeptical. I'm not a birder. I'm not really into trying to identify lots of birds. But I did make a major effort to see the elusive quetzal in Gu ... read more

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Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong techn... ... read more