Costa Rica Sun 21 Nov 2010
7.30 start this morning, we mini-bus to the shore of the artificial lake, transfer with our bags onto a boat that takes us along one side then across to the other side. We are treated to multiple sightings of ospreys and egrets, plus a beautiful black and White kingfisher. I get an amazing photo of an osprey launching itself into flight from the top of a dead tree.
From the lake we are driven to Monteverde cloud forest and our lodge accommodation. We are in the clouds and it is raining; although this is a tourist area, there is an old world atmosphere about the place with it's timber buildings and corrugated rooves. Martin and I walk down into the nearby small town of Santa Elena, about 2k up and down steep hills on a hairy bendy road through the forest. We survive to meet the rest of the group back at the lodge to go out for our evening meal.
Bye for now
John
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