 Many of the roads in Costa Rica go through beautiful mountain regions. |
 Some of the roads go above the clouds. |
 This mountain pass was cool at 3,491 metres above sea level. (thats almost 2 miles above sea level). |
 We camped in front of this American owned restaurant/souvenir shop north of San Jose on the Interamericana highway. |
 On our way towards Monte Verde, a popular tourist town high up in the mountains. |
 As you get closer to Monte Verde the road changes to dirt and gets quite steep at times. No problem for Poppy the wonder van. |
 Downtown Monte Verde. |
 We went on a jungle canopy hike at 7:00am one day while in Monte Verde. |
 The company we used has built numerous suspension bridges high above the jungle floor and in many cases the treetops. |
 At this elevation the jungle is called a cloud forest because most of the jungle is above the cloudline and it's usually very humid if not raining. |
 Looking down on the treetops below. |
 Dot wonders what's holding this bridge up. |
 Paul looking for Tucans and howler monkeys. |
 We got to see this millipede and a tree. Wuhoo! |
 Dot can hear them, she just can't see some of the critters in the jungle. |
 "There's my monkey...the one taking the picture." |
 The trees seem to grow right through the bridges. |
 Paul feels secure that if the bridge collapses he can grab onto a tree and swing to safefy like Tarzan. |
 Girla in the mist. |
 We did a Zipline canopy tour which is not really an eco tour but more of a thrill ride. |
 Some of the cables through the jungle are more than 1/2 a mile long. |
 Luckily the system is pretty safe and you cannot easily fall off. Good thing because some of the cables are over 400 feet above the jungle floor. |
 "Watch out for that tree!" |
 Yes that's rain and mud from the cables on our faces. |
 "Now let me get this straight, you are going to attach me to a wire and push me off a platform at high speed into the jungle?" |
 "Weeee, I'm flying!" |
 Coming in for a landing from a place way off in the clouds. Heavenly. Pun intended. |
 "Now I'm doing it backwards." |
 Our Zipline posse. It was a great group. |
 On our way down from Monte Verde. Hopefully our brakes hold up cause it's a long way down to the main highway. |
 While camping at a Costa Rican national park, we encountered some wild friends. This was morning of the iguana. |
 "I'm a big horney iguana. Get out of my way." |
 We called this one peeping Tom. He was curious about us and our van. |
 "I'm just blending into the scenery. Don't grind me into the ground as roadkill." |
 "Hey hey, my ancestors ate your ancestors. And by the way, we invented sunbathing." |
 Although we missed the monkeys in the canopy tour, we encountered many in the campground. Don't leave your bananas lying around. |
 "Hey hey we're the monkeys." |