Day one of our trip saw us take a 3 hour drive from Liberia to Monteverde. It was a mostly smooth ride until we hit the "bumpy road" which was a 5 km stretch of pebbles and rocks around a mountain...oh the pain...needless to say, I was quite content when the van pulled up in front of our lodge. The hotel Valverdes is situated in the heart of Monteverde with separate lodges for its guests in the middle of the rainforest. Very lush and tropical with all the amenities of a hotel. After a wonderful meal of a typical Costa Rican food, we set out to tour the town.
Monteverde, Costa Rica (Spanish for 'green mount') is a small town in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. We walked the entire town in 20 minutes, and that is only because we walked slowly:) This is a tourist town created mainly to take us on tours through the Rainforest, one of which we went on tonight and the other one we will go on tomorrow.
Tonight's Adventure, also known as the Hidden Valley Tour, began just as the skies opened up and a torrential downpour fell upon us. That didn't stop our tour guide from starting the tour. So for the next hour and a half walk through the Cloud forest, we were rained on while enjoying the vast knowledge of our tour guide Javier. While I did learn a thing or two about crickets, raccoons, Costa Rican trees and such, the most important thing I learned tonight was that my running jacket is not waterproof! But with a torrential downpour for almost two hours, I can't imagine that my waterproof jacket would have helped that much either. And, so the adventure begins:)..
Can't wait till tomorrow!
Buenas noches!
