I remember leaving San Jose on a bright sunny January 2010 morning full of expectations with my friends Barry Wulff, Jane Luther, and 11 others. This was a 2 week journey through the mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca to the Corcovado National Park, across the border into Panama and back over the mountains to Bocas Del Toro, and finally up the Caribbean Coast to Puerto Viejo, and back to San Jose. This trip was to be accomplished using public transportation, but after that first day crossing the Mountain of Death (Cerro de Muerte) with death defying curves and spectacular over looks to the city of San Isidro in a large public bus 5 or 6 of the group rebelled and forced Barry, our intrepid leader, to dig into our reserve funds and hire our own private bus and driver.
Here is a little "youtube" video showing a small car driving the Cerro de Muerte. Remember this is the PanAmerican Highway, the main and only route from North America to South America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAdoMEcoBuw
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| Home in the Cloud Forest |
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This guy is the reason for spending a few days here on top of the world in Costa Rica.
The Cloud Forest view from one of the rooms at Dantica Lodge
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| These pieces of art work at Dantica are the carrot to get Ellen here. |
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