We arrived in Atenas after dark. Most communities have similar signs.
Paul & Jeison's place
Sarchi and Doka Coffee
A view in the mountains towards Sarchi
Lunch in Sarchi
A giant ox cart in the park at Sarchi
Arriving at Doka Coffee Estate (plantation)
Our tour guide showing coffee beans with coffee bushes behind her
Coffee beans
Beans are measured (to pay workers) and sorted in the pool. Good beans sink, lower quality beans float.
After fermentation and some processing, the beans are dried by machine or in the sun on concrete slabs where they are raked to turn them. Then they can be roasted.
Heliconia flowers at Doka
Paul and a large flowered hydrangea at Doka
A banana flowering and producing bananas
A Morpho butterfly in the butterfly garden at Doka
Monteverde
A view to the Nicoya Peninsula and the Pacific on the way to Monteverde. Cicadas in the trees along this road and others were quite loud at times.
One of the 6 hanging bridges in the tree tops of Monteverde
A tarantula looking out from its burrow
We are about to get on the longest hanging bridge
A sloth was in the trees above the long bridge. This was taken through our guide's spotting scope.
Puntarenas
Having a Churchill along the beach in Puntarenas. A Churchill is a combination snow cone and ice cream treat.
In the Flintstone mobile at the Churchill stop. Apparently we will be on their Facebook page soon.
The beach behind the Churchill stand
The Puntarenas sign
To the Caribbean Coast: Playa Cocles and Manzanillo
A church in Cartago we passed along the way to the coast
A peek into the church in Cartago. A service was going on.
We passed many banana plantations near the Caribbean coast
We stayed in this air bnb named Casa Cocles. It is all open air, no glass in the windows and the kitchen and sitting areas were open to the outside.
We ate in this restaurant one night
To our surprise they had musicians. Here you can hear a little sample of their music.
We went hiking at the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge. Some of the time we were on the beach.
The trail can be slick and muddy. They used old tires to create stairs in some places.
Ants are everywhere in the jungle
At a view point along the shore
Being hit by a cool wave
Waves
There were rails for some of the slick, muddy slopes
In the waves across the street from our air bnb
On our way to dinner we got to watch these Kinkajou's trying to shake each other off the power lines.
Relaxing at Casa Cocles
A little Green and Black Poison Dart Frog at Casa Cocles
An Agouti running through the yard with a coconut. It was amazing seeing how easily it shred the coconut.
