We started our day with an early morning tour to the Monteverde Cloud Forest. We spent about 4 hours walking through the forest with a guide who helped identify plants and the interesting Eco system of the cloud forest. We went to the humming bird feeding station and saw MANY different species. There are over 50 different species in Costa Rica with some quite large and some smaller than we have in MN. This afternoon we went on a canopy / zipline tour of the f...

We left The beaches for the rainforest today arriving mid-afternoon. The roads were a bit challenging when we got closer to Monteverde. The temps are much cooler here at the higher elevations and it rains 320 days a year. The views are spectacular from our hotel room. We went on a night tour tonight in search of nocturnal "creatures". We mostly found insects and bugs including a tarantula. It was pretty fun to be out with the moon and stars shining yet a co...