Ola Amigos!
So we finally made it to Monteverde after a 3.5 hour bus ride with ~85 of our closest Costa Rican friends. The bus was so jam packed, I was balancing on one foot on the back of the drivers platform, holding onto the back of his seat and the overhead luggage rack. Oh yeah, and the floorboard immediately in front of me kept falling out. Needless to say we were really happy to get here and vowed not to use public transport for the rest of the trip.
We have been looking forward to getting into Monteverde as it has much more going on then the other places we've seen so far. Monteverde is also known as the "cloud forest" as the humidity is so high. The morning was really nice but both days and nights have had consistent rain. It's actually not bad at all - the rain is a nice soundtrack to being nestled between several rainforests! And you really don't notice the rain once you are in the forests. My hair is enormous at almost 100% humidity, FYI. :)
It is really touristy, but there is good reason for it as there is so much to do here! We've also ran into way more travelers which has been nice. This morning we visited a rain forest and toured it 1st by a series of hanging bridges and then by zip line! The bridges were nice as you could cruise through the 3km route and take as many pics as you wanted of the vast expanses of canopy. The zip line was unbelievable! We flew through the sky on a series of cables going from platform to platform - such a rush! We also did the "Tarzan Swing" which is exactly what it sounds like. I screamed the entire time but loved it.
The only downside of our jungle adventure this morning was that I somehow deleted all the pictures of the trip so far on my new and "improved" camera. I just can't believe it...perhaps when I get back I can find a way to restore them. The other crappy part of today was getting some sort of bug! We've been trying to pinpoint what it was but can't pick just one thing. Haven't really ate much today, but am feeling much better after taking some of Taylor's patented Tyelenol + Caffeine + Gravol + Immodium combination. I know you are not supposed to use immodium too often, but I was on ziplines all day! Had to be done. Christie, I thought of you when we had all these little traveling mistakes and reading your blog about things going wrong... it always works out in the end but is enough to make you scream at the time. Gotta love it. Nothing chocolate and wine won't fix right? No nutella though. :)
Anyways, we have much more of our trip planned out now (which I am happy to report is public bus free) and have booked a bunch of really cool sounding trips including a night tour of a rain forest tonight! Hopefully we will see a bunch of little nocturnal critters. Tomorrow we are going for a guided tour of one of the forest reserves followed by a tour of coffee production in the region. Can't wait.
Hope all is well! XOXOAnnie
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