Jueves, 1 Enero 2027
A quiet dinner with the group on NYE, the only real excitement being the hour long fight to get a taxi back to the hotel. It was a taxi or a 4km hike in the rain over a very dark mountain, so taxi was the preferred mode. We managed to fit all 8 of us in the one taxi….its a closer group now…
Up at six for breakfast and an early departure for a guided walk in the Cloud Forest. The cloud forest can best be considered like a rainforest… but cloudier. The main source of the ‘cloud’ is very moist air coming from the Caribbean side of the country rising up the dividing range. The result is a near permanent mist like effect. Adding to the ‘wetness’ there is a cold front over Costa Rica and the ranges today, so on the Caribbean side of the divide (where our walk was) we also had a fair bit of just good old fashioned rain.
The Cloud Forest, as expected, had an impressive amount of flora and fauna. The bit we were in is essentially a regrowth that’s between 40-50 years old. An impressive amount of regrowth/ regeneration. Flora photos follow:
To give you an idea of the scale of the forest, this image of us gives a good perspective:
We also saw a few spiders:
After the went back to the hotel on the (drier) Pacific side of the range the contrast in weather was quite stark:
Ness’ and Mark’s Wandering 