We kind of took the easy way out on this trip and used a company called Pacific Trade Winds to help us plan our trip. They had a nice service, and Amy, our person on the ground in Costa Rica, was very helpful. At any rate, we kind of just accepted the lodging and transport that they […]
cloud forest
Selvatura
We’re baaaack! Ellen and I, and our good friend Marlene, flew into Liberia, Costa Rica on the afternoon of Saturday, December 30th. It was 14 degrees below zero when we left MSP. Liberia had a high of 90 degrees the day we arrived. The sun set quickly, so we weren’t able to see much as […]
Cloud Forest
There were moments in Mindo if I wondered if the “Cloud Forest” moniker was a PR gambit to try to put a good face on “Rain Forest.” In hindsight, it’s probably closer to the truth, even though we had more rain in our several days in Mindo, than in the rest of our two+ months […]