I take back everything I said about the road to Arenal, because the road to Monteverde was REALLY BAD. It was miles and miles of dirt road with giant potholes, unexpected trees/boulders left permanently in the road, eroded areas that dropped off into nothingness, and we were again sharing the road with crazy Ticos driving 4x4s, motorcycles, 4-wheelers, plus mules, people walking, cows in the road…INSANE!!! We were so happy to make it to Santa Elena!!
Yesterday morning we went on a hike in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve with our awesome guide / biologist, Eduardo. He was extremely knowledgeable about all of the plants, birds, bugs, and animals of the reserve, and we were so lucky to have him all to ourselves. He was a wealth of information and even told us how to cure Sherry’s illness (Suero – electrolytes).
I took 100s of photos yesterday. Here are just a few:
