Costa Rica

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Costa Rica

• Photographed by Jair (Yair) Moreshet,

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The Tortuguero National Park consists of a system
of Jungle Canals and a village. Since the area
is not connected by road, your adventure begins
here early in the morning, taking a light
aircraft to an airstrip in the jungle.
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Crossing from the airstrip to the jungle lodge.
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Touring the jungle canals.
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Howler Monkeys. (-Only lions can produce a sound
that dominates the jungle like theirs.)
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A Caiman.
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A Basilisk lizard also called Jesus Christ
lizard because it can actually run across the
surface of rivers and ponds.
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If you went to Tortuguero by water, this lovely
Mariachi band is a part of the service on your
way back.
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The road to the Monteverde Cloud Forest
Biological Reserve is not paved, at least partly
for the fear that a resulting flood of visitors
will adversely affect the eco system.
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The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve.
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The rare and elusive Resplendent Quetzal once
revered by the ancient Aztecs and Mayas. (I was
very lucky!)
Notice the up to 3 feet long tail feather. Only
the royalty was allowed to wear such a feather.
Their ancient mythical god Quetzalcoatl supposed
to have such.
(The god Quetzalcoatl provided his people with
Cacao, which they considered to be divine. He was
supposed to return to earth in the year one
reed and bring the treasures of paradise. When
the Spanish explorer Cortes landed in the
sixteenth century, in the year one-reed, he was
mistakenly thought to be Quetzalcoatl and warmly
welcomed by Montezuma, the Aztec ruler. This
ultimately led to the enslavement and destruction
of the Aztec people by the Spanish and eventually
to the conquest of Central America.)
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A Coati (related to the raccoon).
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The tree that grew downward seeking the ground
from seeds carried to the top of an existing big
tree until covering completely the existing tree
that eventually died and left a hollow core.
The hovering bird (like a helicopter) is a
Hummingbird.
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A green Toucan.
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The Manuel Antonio National Park, where the steep
jungle hills meet the (Pacific) ocean.
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A Capuchin Monkey (White-Face Monkey).
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A local jungle Raccoon.
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A sleeping Sloth. This strange mammal suspends
on tree branches like monkeys but it is NOT a
monkey. Being lazy and very slow it avoids going
down to the ground for the fear of Jaguars.
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Going for a tour of the Mangrove canals of the
estuary next to Manuel Antonio on the Pacific
coast.
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The trip ends in a glorious sunset over Manuel
Antonio national park on the Pacific coast.
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Can you feel the taste of the margarita we are
having at this very moment?