Slideshow Index: Monteverde

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• View of the Nidia Lodge
• A white-faced (capucine) monkey
• Leaf damage from leaf-cutter ants
• A morning rainbow near the lodge
• I went out on a morning nature walk with our guide from the hotel
• First we encountered a coati mundi
• The coati mundi on the road
• Next, we saw an Agouti (rodent family)
• Leaf cutter ants were at work bring pieces to the anthill
• That whole leaf covered area covers the anthill
• A male banana plant
• Gorgeous coloring on the bird
• This is the flower of a parasitical vine
• A red bird of paradise plant
• Our guide spotted a porcupine along this trail
• The Monteverde cloud forest has a lot of wind activity
• The meeting of Pacific and Atlantic winds occurs here
• You can see Puntarenas and the Golfo de Nicoya from here
• Another view of the Golfo
• The tree roots are interesting
• I could not spot the porcupine in this tree
• More trees on the trail
• This was a large spider's web
• On the trail
• The gravel road coming back down from Monteverde
• The view from the Interbus
• KLN Photos -- The last 25km to Monteverde is gravel with no guardrails
• A ranch along the way
• The deck in front of our room at the Nidia Lodge
• A couple from the Washington D.C. area
• Coffee beans in a coffee tree at the lodge
• We arrived at our place for a night walk in the cloud forest
• The night trail in a light rain
• Everyone was dressed for the rain
• The mountains around Monteverde are beautiful
• The view is great, but not the road
• A small graveyard on the way back down
• The view from the Interbus
• Back down where it is relatively safe to drive