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View out the front door of Arco Iris' tiny "economy" extension
Date: 12/19/2005
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The ultra-tiny, ultra-steep stairs outside
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha at breakfast
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha at breakfast
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha at breakfast
Date: 12/20/2005
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There literally was one from Tennessee just to the left of it (I'm not kidding)
Date: 12/20/2005
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Impeach Bush
Date: 12/20/2005
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A rough idea of how diverse the travellers in Costa Rica are
Date: 12/20/2005
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View of the road from the soda's doorway
Date: 12/20/2005
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Ooooooh.... breakfast
Date: 12/20/2005
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Signs in Santa Elena/Monteverde
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha! I've told you a dozen times, quit getting in front of the camera!
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Mushrooms inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Mushrooms inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - notice the tree's thorns
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - notice the tree's thorns
Date: 12/20/2005
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Not only was it over a foot long it was covered in giant thorns!
Date: 12/20/2005
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The trees grow together apparently, quite a beautiful thought
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - trail
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha, trying to sneak into another picture
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Kent inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Us!
Date: 12/20/2005
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These steps go throughout the path in the forest, made from dead trees
Date: 12/20/2005
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Lichen? Moss?
Date: 12/20/2005
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What a great photo!
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha - mountain girl!
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - the lush greenery reminded us of the Smokies
Date: 12/20/2005
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Rocks in the stream
Date: 12/20/2005
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Kent telling Jigsha to hurry along
Date: 12/20/2005
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Kent walking without Jigsha
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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The cobbled trail was cool looking
Date: 12/20/2005
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Millipede? Centipede?
Date: 12/20/2005
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Millipede? Centipede?
Date: 12/20/2005
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Millipede? Centipede?
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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One of the monkey's that we saw in the Cloud Forest
Date: 12/20/2005
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The view from the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Looking to the East from the Continental Divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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The view from the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Continental Divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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Continental Divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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Continental Divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha - a little worn out. Gain 20lbs and this becomes the way to hike.
Date: 12/20/2005
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I saw that! Now get back up and march, soldier!
Date: 12/20/2005
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March! One and two and...
Date: 12/20/2005
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This way
Date: 12/20/2005
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We have no idea what this says, either.
Date: 12/20/2005
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Story about the dwarf forest atop the mountain
Date: 12/20/2005
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Continental Divide. It was very windy up there
Date: 12/20/2005
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Ignore the sign. Look at the view
Date: 12/20/2005
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Up on the continental divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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"Dwarf forest:" because it's so windy, trees can't grow upright
Date: 12/20/2005
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Some official sign
Date: 12/20/2005
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Slug
Date: 12/20/2005
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Sign at the divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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We were pretty high up
Date: 12/20/2005
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The vista looking to the West from the divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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Continental Divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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Continental Divide
Date: 12/20/2005
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Jigsha, checking to see how much was burned off on the hike up
Date: 12/20/2005
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This blossom was over a foot tall
Date: 12/20/2005
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Kent really marveled at the flower
Date: 12/20/2005
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Flower from afar
Date: 12/20/2005
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Yawn!
Date: 12/20/2005
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Uhhh... we were looking for the exit sign
Date: 12/20/2005
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A map of the trails in the Cloud Forest
Date: 12/20/2005
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On the trail
Date: 12/20/2005
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Our map of the cloud forest reserve
Date: 12/20/2005
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Should we trek many, many extra kilometers down this path to see the east?
Date: 12/20/2005
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We did
Date: 12/20/2005
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It was a lovely hike
Date: 12/20/2005
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Hello little grasshoper
Date: 12/20/2005
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Flowers!
Date: 12/20/2005
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Millions and millions of pink flowers
Date: 12/20/2005
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Look at the tarantula on the rock
Date: 12/20/2005
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Big tree
Date: 12/20/2005
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Park station in Monteverde
Date: 12/20/2005
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Tourists sitting at the park station in Monteverde
Date: 12/20/2005
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Ticket booth in Monteverde
Date: 12/20/2005
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Looking out toward the parking lot
Date: 12/20/2005
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A girl just reached up and grabbed this little fellow
Date: 12/20/2005
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When prompted, he spread his wings for us to see
Date: 12/20/2005
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What a special experience!
Date: 12/20/2005
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The Monteverde Cheese Factory - Founded by Quakers from Alabama
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cheese Factory
Date: 12/20/2005
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Inside the Monteverde Cheese Factory
Date: 12/20/2005
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Making cheese
Date: 12/20/2005
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Making cheese
Date: 12/20/2005
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Drool! It's guanabana ice cream!
Date: 12/20/2005
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The cheeses were really tasty
Date: 12/20/2005
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We bought some to eat on our way
Date: 12/20/2005
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Cheese
Date: 12/20/2005
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Our first psychadelic oxcart sighting.
Date: 12/20/2005
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Leaving Monteverde and the oxcart
Date: 12/20/2005
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The Rustic Mountain Lodge! Has Mr. Desai beaten us down here?
Date: 12/20/2005
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Another sign of the Rustic Mountain Lodge
Date: 12/20/2005
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We must have taken the wrong turn back at Santa Elena, as this is clearly Scotland.
Date: 12/20/2005
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The beginning of our rough drive to Tamarindo
Date: 12/20/2005
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Cloudy skies
Date: 12/20/2005
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It didn't rain, however
Date: 12/20/2005
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We told you the roads were bad! Actually this was part of the only road repair that we saw.
Date: 12/20/2005
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Wow
Date: 12/20/2005
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We still haven't figured out what this was about, but the bridge had the same name.
Date: 12/20/2005
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Our trusty Geo Tracker
Date: 12/20/2005
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Wait... before you complain... they had fine German chocolates inside and it was full service.
Date: 12/20/2005
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Some interamerican highway traffic at the turnoff for Tamarindo
Date: 12/20/2005
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Cloud patterns
Date: 12/20/2005
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More cloud patterns
Date: 12/20/2005
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This big tree reminded Jigsha of African plains. Plus she has a thing for BIG trees
Date: 12/20/2005
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The setting sun
Date: 12/20/2005
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Way off in the distance, the bridge over the Gulf of Nicoya
Date: 12/20/2005
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The bridge
Date: 12/20/2005
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The bridge, again
Date: 12/20/2005
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The bridge, again
Date: 12/20/2005
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The quary outside Nicoya
Date: 12/20/2005
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The quary outside Nicoya
Date: 12/20/2005
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Our trusty guides and map - blurred since we were driving
Date: 12/20/2005
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Our trusty guides and map
Date: 12/20/2005
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Nicoya's central park... where a certain person born in Zambia was scared to get out and explore
Date: 12/20/2005
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Nicoya's lovely church
Date: 12/20/2005
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Downtown Nicoya
Date: 12/20/2005
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Traffic in Nicoya
Date: 12/20/2005
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Pretty colors
Date: 12/20/2005
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People folk of Nicoya
Date: 12/20/2005
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We finally made it to Tamarindo, where this dog begged for food
Date: 12/20/2005
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The dog hung around hoping for food
Date: 12/20/2005
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Unfortunately, he didn't get any
Date: 12/20/2005
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We had to wait forever to get our drinks
Date: 12/20/2005
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Kent - tired from all the driving
Date: 12/20/2005
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Kent - Tamarindo
Date: 12/20/2005
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