This is a bit of a bait and switch. Actually, a really big bait and switch. We didn’t see many birds, surprisingly. There are supposed to be a lot of them here. We did, however, on the way back to the airport in Liberia see some when we stopped for lunch, see a pair of red Macaws. The seemingly happy couple were eating the fruit of a nearby tree. We, of course, figured we’d have plenty of time to go look. They were gone by the time my casado. The picture is from Google.
As we drove along the coast, we saw mile after mile of African palm oil plantations. They were establish in the 1930’s by the United Fruit company. They had come to the Caribbean coast years before and traded building a railroad for about 20% of the coastal property for banana plantations. When disease wiped them out, they moved to the West coast. Many of the houses were built back then.
Costa Rica is home to many micro-climates. As we moved further north, the land became much drier. Mountains showed up in the distance.
At the airport, Marlene and I said goodbye to Ellen. No we weren’t running off together, rather Ellen was staying another week for a retreat, while we were heading home.
As we took off on the plane, I couldn’t help but notice a bank of clouds covering the mountains. It was so smooth, it looked like a Dali painting. Eventually, however, we did get back.
We’ll see if Ellen decides to share her week in a later post.
All in all, a great trip.
The color in the photos is stunning, especially compared to the Minn. winter landscape. Thanks for sharing your trip!
well, darn it! I love taking these trips! You are so correct about the layer of small cumulus clouds so perfectly flatly arranged! Must have been contributed to by a wind layer, huh? jean