Monteverde

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The golden toad, discovered in1964 in the Monteverde park, was only known to exist in this area. No one has sighted a Sapo Dorado since 1989, and it is believed to be extinct. The females are yellow, black and red, and the males are a golden-orange colour, the reason for their name. A lot of the Costa Rican frogs are so specialized, they have learned to survive in the canopies of trees by using the water that's deposited in bromeliads and tree trunks. This way, they don't have to descend to the ground and risk being attacked by predators or of their tadpoles being eaten by fish. from the web		Golden Toads - Picture from the web
	Stained glass in Reception	Elaine and Gerry's bungalow
Beautiful Irid in the garden	Closer views	Hummingbird PC
We saw lots of birds at breakfast time, toucanettes, tanagers, hummingbirds and many varieties of flycatchers


Unfortunately we did not see the resplendent quetzal in any of his incarnations		from the web	Fern frond
Cloud forest	Strangler fig	Fungi	Intrepid travellers framed by sunbeams in the cloud forest MM
This is a shot looking upwards inside the hollow left after the tree has been destroyed by a strangler fig. MM	Orchid	Chris	Fungus
Tiny fungi	Itching bark	Red aphids	Jenny and Rob

	We had a free afternoon so a visit to a coffee plantation was arranged through the hotel by the Moyes and the Higgs. Our guide was Juan	Juan	Coffee picker
Coffee berries	Ox-cart PC	Riding on the ox cart DH	Coffee beans drying
Fine stand of bamboo	Old machine for separating beans from skins	New separating machine	Coffee roasting machine
Where did you get that hat?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak All about weasel coffee!!!

Crossing the bridge

Cloud forest from the bridge

View through the footpath

Dangerously in step DH

George on a landing stage of the zip line

Another pretty un-named plant

We saw the Black Guan in the tree tops crashing about. It is good to eat so when it saw us it kept out of range. Peter also saw the Green shrike-Vireo and the Golden-browed Chlorophonia.

Photographer on the bridge PC

House seen through the window

Mary and Katie looking at the plant above DH