COSTA RICA
February 2007 a jungly place
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At the time, February 2007, I just contributed to Helen's website: http://www.fands.org.uk/1.FANDSCostaRica.htm I made this site later, all the pictures scanned from negatives or prints.
TORTUGUERO | |||
![]() Costa Rica |
![]() Boats leaving Parismina for Tortuguero |
![]() Waiting for the boat |
![]() Tortuguero, a tourist village really, is at top right |
![]() Tortuguero Town Sign |
![]() Original Tree has been "eaten" by a strangler vine |
![]() A Night Heron |
![]() A friendly Squirrel |
![]() Tortuguero General Store |
![]() Heliconia |
![]() A pink house plus locals |
![]() "Monkey ladder" |
![]() One of the Tortuguero Creeks |
![]() Black and yellow beetle |
![]() A "Tortuguero Hotel" launch on the Tortuguero Canal, the sea is very shallow |
![]() "Small Blue" Heron |
![]() Montezuma Oropendula Nests |
![]() Large White Heron |
![]() Banded Owl Butterfly |
![]() Black river turtles |
![]() Tortuguero Catholic Church with no path to the door. |
![]() Looking down on the canopy |
![]() Aerial Tram over the rain forest |
![]() "Monkey Ladder" Liana |
![]() Village house |
![]() Large red aphids |
![]() The Tortuguero Canal damaged by earthquake from our plane |
![]() Turtle Beach |
![]() Jamaican style house Tortuguero |
![]() Twin Otter leaves Tortuguero. There was no road |
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ARENAL VOLCANO |
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![]() The long view of Volcano Arenal |
![]() The summit of volcano, Arenal |
![]() An arrow points to the volcano |
![]() Port Arenal |
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![]() Lower falls at La Paz |
![]() A Baby Cayman |
![]() Night Heron hunting baby Cayman |
![]() Liana with Bromilliads |
![]() A butterfly Siproeta stelenes |
![]() A village Church |
![]() Iguana |
![]() View of Volcano Arenal from oue hotel |
![]() Our guides boss, a bit of a thug |
![]() Strangler Vine on a tree |
![]() Anhinga, Snake bird |
![]() Swiss-like lakeside Arenal |
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![]() A Giant Bamboo which was an owl roost |
![]() Helen on a "Hanging Bridge", Selvatura |
![]() Jersey cross Brahma Cow on Rio Fortuna farm |
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A Boa Constrictor at the Bioparque |
MONTEVERDE | |||
![]() Owl Moth outside |
![]() One handed photo, Blue Morph |
![]() A Tican Cowboy |
![]() Village Church |
![]() Green Hermit Hummingbird |
![]() Hanging Bridge over cloud forest Monteverde |
![]() Howler Monkey |
![]() Monarch Butterfly |
CORCAVADO | |||
![]() Corcovado Lodge Landing point |
![]() Jungle Falls |
![]() Crocodile lurking |
![]() Spider with remains of a rival |
![]() Corcavado is at the bottom |
![]() The boat for Corcocavardo at Sierpe |
![]() Great Potoo Chick on the river bank |
![]() A boatyard Sierpe river |
![]() A refreshing swim in the jungle
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![]() "Glass" frog |
![]() Leaf frog
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![]() Howler Monkey |
![]() Iguana in mating dress |
![]() Dawn bird watch at Corcovado with an American whose legs were devastated by mosquito bites |
![]() Pedro, the Chief Warden and Manfred our guide |
![]() Cano Island and yacht sailing by |
![]() Northern Jacana,"Lily walker" |
![]() A Coati begging at the kitchen |
![]() A large Cayman |
![]() "Postman" Hybrid Butterfly |
![]() The "Goth" with Hercules Beetle |
![]() La Paz Waterfall |
![]() Lichens |
![]() Emerald Basilisk |
![]() "Enamelled" Tree Frog |
![]() Pedro, Chief Ranger Corcovado |
![]() A traditional Oxcart |
![]() Palmar Park with Lithic Spheres made by pre-colombian Disquis people |
![]() Mangroves |
![]() Milk trees bleeds white sap |
![]() Night Heron |
![]() Orchids |
![]() Mallow? |
![]() Poison Dart Frog |
![]() Derelict Banana Loco Palmar |
![]() A country house |
![]() Another village church |
![]() Ice cold coconuts |
![]() A Cicada |
![]() American Whiptail Lizard |
![]() Red legged blue honey creeper |
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![]() "Flame in the forest" tree |
![]() Capuchin Monkey |
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![]() Green Kingfisher |
![]() Palmar Sur Airport, Departures |
![]() Landing at Palmar Sur |
![]() Palmar Sur |
![]() Palmar Sur "Airport" |
SAN JOSE | |||
San Jose is in the Centre |
The Ramada hotel |
![]() Through the bus window |
![]() Lisa and Chris |
![]() A traffic short cut San Jose, the road was jammed |
![]() A street in San Jose |
![]() Houses with barred Windows, San Jose |
The Ramada |
![]() Bullet Ants |
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OLD HACIENDA Rio Fortuna |
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![]() Reception Class Rio Fortuna, 6.5 years |
![]() A Cowboy |
![]() Government Prefab for a homeless migrant family |
![]() Peter etc making tortillas |
![]() A Traditional Meal on a banana leaf |
![]() Smallholder Alginaldo & wife |
![]() Traditionally made Coffee |
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![]() Old Hacienda Living room, was owned by a wealthy official |
![]() Hacienda Bedroom |
![]() A Passion Flower |
![]() A toad in the hand |
![]() Barethroated Tiger Heron |
![]() Off the Pan American Highway |
![]() Hummingbird taking off, wings too fast to photograph |
![]() Baselisk lizard |
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![]() Raccoon |
![]() Service Area Pan American Highway |
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Banana packing factory, most estates have closed as the land is exhausted |
![]() Two toed sloth in isolated tree on the farm |
![]() Student Lunch Break Corcovado |
![]() Leafcutter ants |
![]() Julia Butterfly |
![]() A privy |
![]() Basilisk, Jesus Christ Lizard |
![]() Great White Heron |
![]() Fer-de-Lance snake |
![]() Jorge |
![]() Spider Monkey |
![]() Longnose bat |
![]() Longnose bats camouflaged |