Costa Rica's beauty is exceptional: flora and fauna, wildlife and rugged forests. Today we had the pleasure of viewing all of these in one location, Lapaz Waterfall and Gardens. Our group took a tour of the wildlife centre to view the native animals of Costa Rica, various bird species, butterflies, humming birds, wild cats, monkeys and more. The gardens were spectacular with various shapes and sizes of flowers, ferns, orchids and flowers of every size and colour. The beauty is too great for words. Hopefully the pictures will help to tell the story.
After the gardens we began our decent through the rain forest and down to the waterfalls. They were beautiful. The forest was cool and damp and the sound of the waterfall was like music to our ears. Stunning, rugged natural beauty.
Viewing the waterfalls was a delight but the walk back up to the top was ardurous. I am sure we lost a few pounds sweating our way up. The waterfall trip is now renamed, The Buns of Steel tour.
Returning to the resort was a slow, hot, winding and bumpy ride but viewing the scenery made it worth it. The mountains surrounding us were covered in rows and rows of coffee plants interspersed with bananas, flowering bushes, strawberry fields and cattle farms. I am not sure what altitude we climbed to but it must have been quite high as we were in the clouds.
Costa Rica is a small but very diverse country and is only 22,000 square miles in size. Bordered by two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and two countries: Nicaragua and Panama. They have two seasons, dry and rainy and the rains come from April to December. Their largest industry is Intel computer chips, then coffee and third is tourism. Each person is is entitled to a free education and health care and recently they just voted in their first female President.
Tomorrow we are going to take a canopy zip line tour. Hmmmm, I'm not sure about this. Hopefully I will be able to snap some photos as I zip through the air. That is if I'm not frozen with terror. Wish me luck!
Costa Rica's nature and all the beauty can't be forgetten if you will go there for travel and the best place.
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