Dec. 2013 Costa Rica

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I started my trip to Central America 2013 in Costa Rica, landed in San Jose and then took a bus to La Fortuna. I stayed there for a few days, went around the Volcan Arenal on a trip with a few really nice girls and we spent the evening in some hot springs. Great and relaxing... The next day I had a hike to Cerro Chato, which was a tough, but great hike.

And I visited the hanging bridges at Arenal, seeing some of the unique animals of Costa Rica. Later that day I went to Monteverde to spend a few days there. Visiting the cloud forest and the next day I went to Selvatura Zip lines. Unfortunately it was raining a lot. But I liked it, some hummingbirds vere flying around there. Just amazing creatures.

Then I flew to Cancun to meet Bonnie, my great travel- and divebuddy.

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Photos

beautiful hummingbird in Costa Rica!
Amazing little creatures...:-) I like them a lot.

Stop in Newark
Changing planes before flying on to Costa Rica. Dec 7th 2013

Volcan Arenal
Nice cloud on top of Volcan Arenal. Photo taken from La Fortuna. Dec.8th 2013

Leafcutter ants
Photo taken on a trip around volcan arenal. Dec 8th 2013, afternoon.

yellow snake eyelash pit viper
one of the venomous snakes

View on Volcan Arenal
Arenal hidden in clouds. Currently you cant climb it. Danger because of recent eruptions.

Three girls and their mosquito repellent
No joke- the mud is said to repel mozzies... Shiloh, Julia, Jennifer

Volcan Arenal
Volcan Arenal

Three girls who went with me on that trip
Dec 8th 2013, Afternoon trip, hiking around Volcan Arenal. It was a real fun trip with them.

A flower and black bees
some black bees feeding on nectar on a flower

Cloudforest on Cerro Chato
I climbed Cerro Chato on Dec 9th 2013, the first whole day I was in La Fortuna. Cerro Chato is 1100m high, quite a strenuous hike. But nice.

Crater lake
Crater lake on Cerro Chato.

Ferns
Nice Ferns on Cerro Chato.

Ant highway
This is how it looks when a lot of ants take the same track all the time... They create a real highway.

Orchid
Nice orchid, on the way down from Cerro Chato again.

La Fortuna waterfall
very close by to el arenal observatory, where the path to Cerro Chato starts

La Fortuna waterfall
slow shutter speed- nice misty scene

La Fortuna waterfall
slow shutter speed- nice misty scene

red woodpecker
Dec.10th in Arenal hanging bridges

Forest in Arenal
Dec.10th in Arenal hanging bridges