December 6,2012

Today is the day we actually did something exciting. We took yesterday of because we woke up late but not today. Since we were in Puntarenas we decided to go to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. It is 25,700 acres of pure perfection. Just hiking up the trail a couple feet guarantees you’ll see one of the 100 mammals that reside there. it was so beautiful, I saw plants I’ve never seen before. Later I found out that there are 2,500 different kinds of plants and over 400 kinds of birds at the reserve.

The air was the perfect temperature and it felt nicer as we hiked higher. The reserve was only open from 7 a.m to 4 p.m but I wished it would have stayed open longer.  The hike was crowded at first but as you got higher the crowd lessened. The sky trek was amazing, you could see all of the trees, and sky was a clear blue.  Before heading back to the cabin we’re staying in we went to one of the art galleries. We saw all kinds of art and we were only a 15 minute walk from the town.  It was the perfect end to a perfect day.

 

(The hike up to the sky trek)