We were at the bus stop early and queueing up with the school kids. The school was on the way to Monteverde Reserve. It is another Cloud Forest, like Santa Elena, but a lot cloudier and wetter, at least today. We took the advice of the ranger and walked a combination of trails for couple of hours despite the rain. A short way into the park, there was a 100m long suspension bridge that was 25m above ground giving a great view of the canopy. A couple of Quetzals...

To inject a bit of adrenalin into our day, we booked the Monteverde Extremo Canopy Tour. Canopy Tour is probably a bit misleading because it gives the impression of a slow meander up through the upper branches of the forest. What it really is, is a number of connected zip lines that allow you to whizz past the upper branches of the forest. The transport from town to the outskirts was an adrenalin fuelled ride in itself. Our driver must have had ambitions to be...

Breakfast was included as part of the deal at Cabinas Eddy and everyone seemed to be ready and waiting for it at 7am. We thought we were early at 7:15 but we soon realised that everything was made to order so it was best to get your order in quick - we'll know better tomorrow morning. We had some fresh fruit and coffee while waiting for our "mains". The wait wasn't actually too long when you have unlimited Costa Rican coffee on tap and it was worth the while. Nor...

We had a midday checkout before our afternoon transport to Santa Elena. It was coffee and cakes on the rocking chairs whilst we read up on where else we ought to go in Costa Rica. La Fortuna and Santa Elena are 25km apart as the crow flies but there is a volcano, the country's largest lake, seven rivers and the Cordillera de Tilaran (a mountain ridge) in between. This has prevented anyone building a direct paved route between the two. There are three options to...