Manuel Antonio fotos

cocodrillos (crocs) in the dirty river
dirty croc river. they were massive.
the tiniest croc next to the malnourished cows
small croc next to big croc.
view from our hotel, this is as sunny as it got the whole time. probably raining in this p
the town of Manuel Antonio, that i thought would be resorty. it was not.

dinner time pictures. morell, heidi, me, jon campbell, and paul
monkey road kill. sorry but i had to.
wrestling match. bad idea.
hanging out outside. me, stephanie, steve, and diane.
another view from the hotel
on the beach walking toward the national park
pacific ocean, for the first time in my life. pretty cool even though it was overcast.
cool rocks in the ocean
mas
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forest.
another lovely view. it was still pretty even though we had crappy weather.
if you look closely, there are 3 little black dots in the brightness on a branch in the top middle of this picture. those are howler monkeys, and this giant branch almost crushed us when it fell and they screamed and it was one of the most intense moments ive ever had.
me posing on the rock everyone else posed on too oceano pacifico
playa y oceano pacifico
another view
i think there is a white face monkey in this picture. right in the middle at the top, a black dot-ish thing. sorry, i tried.
upper left corner, small rodent-esque animal thingy. very hard to see, well camoflaged.
mas playa y oceano
flores
hotel pool. rain on the water.

final view of manuel antonio. thank you tropical depression/storm thing for giving us tons and tons of rain.

Monteverde Cloud Forest fotos

cute puppies at the pitstop on the death ride to monteverde. for the record, puppies are and will always be cuter than babies. hands down.
first sign of clouds entering the cloud forest. the first sign of the incredible non-stop wetness we were about to experience for 2 days. mas clouds
carmen and morell after the tarzan swing at the zipline tour place. it was cool to say the least. notice the wetness

1/2 of carmen, morell, evan, and I after doing the tarzan swing. notice the wetness

bug on the night time forest tour. notice the wetness.

tree frog. its tough to take clear pictures at night using flashlights instead of camera flashes which we weren't allowed to use for some reason. notice the wetness.

a caterpillar that had been eaten from the inside out. pretty cool. notice the wetness.

tarantula. guess i got over my fear of spiders?

it was pretty cool. it only comes out at night because sometimes if they come out during the day a huge wasp will come, stun the tarantula, pick them up (spider is about the size of your palm) and fly it somewhere, inject its babies into it, the spider would wake up, and 2 months later hundreds of wasp babies would burst out of the tarantula killing it. nasty but cool.

my night time tour group and guide. notice the wetness.

selva (forest) in the morning

what tarzan supposedly swang around the forest on

caterpillar of some sort that was alive. whoops, my flash went off so i could finally get a clear picture.jon campbell in front of the strangler fig tree, hollow in the middle because the tree let things grow up beside it, get to the top to take in the sun, they throw their roots down the side of the tree, eventually the middle of the tree rots out and dies, often times bats live in here.famous female Quetzal through the telescope, didnt get a pic of the male

female Quetzal in the tree

plant of some sort

different plant of some sortmy early morning (6am) tour group

leaving the cloud forest.

leaving the cloud forest. notice the wetness. still. everything i brought on this trip got soaked.

cool river on the ride home

man with horse and dog on the drive home