The world has amazing wildlife. As we drove over 1000 miles in the country of Costa Rica (which is a little less than the state of Kentucky in size) I was amazed at the diversity of brilliant birds and animals that we saw without even going deep into the jungles (although we did do a little of that as well). More than 25% of Costa Rica is parkland and groups of monkeys were jumping from tree to tree outside our hotel windows; sloths were resting peacefully in tree branches by the road and iguanas were sunning on the leaves at the tops of the trees as we passed by. We took boat trips and saw more than 30 species of birds (there are more than 60 documented bird species in Costa Rica) and I particularly loved the flock of endangered Scarlet Macaws that flew around us in pairs. We climbed through the cloud forest to visit a volcanic lake, walked over the hanging bridges in the rain forest, swam in the hot springs and walked through the medicinal plants and trees of the dry, coastal forest. On the beach we toured the breeding nursery for the endangered leatherback turtles and played hide and seek with sand crabs. Brightly colored butterflies were everywhere and we visited a butterfly farm to visit them up close and an animal sanctuary to visit the animals up close. We loved that all the vehicles stopped to let a little group of Coatimundis (Coatis) cross the road (he's the little raccoon like fellow at the bottom). There were too many other animal and bird encounters to mention; an amazing array in all.
These are some of the photos from our trip; I particularly like the one of the monkey at the top looking at us as we are looking at him; his eyes are expressive and I wonder what he is thinking. Costa Rica is a beautiful country and the experience was thrilling. I like this quote: "Unless we learn how to conserve and sustain this delicate natural balance which has taken millions of years to evolve, the results could be disastrous and irreversible..." The late Dr. Mario F. Orjuela, IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group.
submitted by Laurenn (Mimi) of the Lae Lae team
These are some of the photos from our trip; I particularly like the one of the monkey at the top looking at us as we are looking at him; his eyes are expressive and I wonder what he is thinking. Costa Rica is a beautiful country and the experience was thrilling. I like this quote: "Unless we learn how to conserve and sustain this delicate natural balance which has taken millions of years to evolve, the results could be disastrous and irreversible..." The late Dr. Mario F. Orjuela, IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group.
submitted by Laurenn (Mimi) of the Lae Lae team
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