I didn't take this picture. Our brilliant guide Koky, who I mentioned yesterday, will find something in the cloud forest, pick it out wi...

There is a particular guide who works with the hotel where we stay in Monteverde. His name is Jorge but everyone calls him Koky. We've m...

Back home early from CR with family medical issues to deal with so need a few more pix from our brief trip. The bridge system across the rav...

It's 3:45 AM daylight savings time, which just kicked in, in St. Louis. Transferring from international to domestic in American Airlines...

In biological terms, the canopy refers to the upper layers of a forest, receiving much ot the sunlight and shielding what is below. There ar...

Monteverde, Costa Rica, lies just on the Pacific side of Costa Rica's central mountain range. With the elevation and moist winds from bo...

When we fly from the U.S. to Liberia, Costa Rica, in the northwest of the country, we always ask for seats on the left side. If the weather ...

I need to run through some more images from Costa Rica until there is an opportunity to shoot new material back here. (There is somethi...

Some people go on vacation to relax. We tend to beat ourselves up to get new experiences. Saturday was a good example. After we watched...

We are exhausted after walking up and down mountainside trails much of the day. Our first stop was a place called Selvatura Park , whi...

Monteverde, Costa Rica, in the central mountains between the Caribbean and the Pacific. The wet winds from the east bring a constant mi...

  You can go for a night walk through the cloud forests of Monteverde with a guide. It's a good idea to have one along. The green s...

Tropical birds in a wildlife sanctuary near Monteverde. Thanks to the scholarship of Mrs. C, the bird in the first and last photos has...

Yesterday, we looked at our very unusual room at Hidden Canopy Treehouses in Monteverde. This post is about their unusual happy hour tr...

Greetings from American Airlines flight 1665, en route from Miami to St. Louis . Two hour mechanical delay coming out of Costa Rica. W...

Hummingbirds are plentiful in the cool mountain climate of Monteverde. Many places put out feeders containing sugar water to attract th...

We spent yesterday afternoon visiting a small, family owned coffee farm near the hamlet of San Luis (how appropriate). Victor, the prop...