Hiked around another cloud forest protected area today. The Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve. Similar to the one in Monteverde but I think there more very large trees at Monterverde. I saw a few small birds but heard so many birds I could not spot. Heading for the Pacific tomorrow and south.
After a nice evening talking with my couch surfing expats from Australia I went up and hiked around the preserve. It was amazing.. Such a contrast to areas impacted so negatively by human activities. I even saw a male Resplendent Quetzal and got a relatively nice photo.
I'm at friends I met on couchsurf.org. I'll be here just one night but have a feeling I'll se them again sometime. This evening I took a walk in the forest from there place and stopped in a gallery of art by a w Oman from the USA who's lived here in Monteverde 40 years... The artist is Sarah. Quite a gallery of watercolor painting with tropical forest theme.
Such a cool artist's house and quite a garden as well.
Took a bus up to the Poas Volcano yesterday. It is often cloudy up there and that was the case yesterday. Still it was a nice day visiting the example of a cloud forest in a cloud.
It's a family who put a hostel in there house. Nomads Backpackers Hostel... It's in San Jose
....but my backpack didn't make it. It's still in Atlanta.. Guess they'll bring it where I am staying. Nomads Backpackers Hostel
