On the Move

This morning we traveled from Tortuguero to San Jose to Monteverde.  The first leg was in a very small 6 seater airplane but the 6th seat was taken up with our luggage.  

It was a short flight over the clouds and mountains into San Jose where a driver picked us up in a mini-van and drove us 4 hours north and west to the Cloud Forest of Monteverde. The last 30 miles were all gravel, pretty rough, and real slow.  This area was developed in 1954 by a group of Quakers looking for a peaceful place to live.

This small community is full of hostels for the young hikers that flock to this area. We found a very nice restaurant for dinner after walking almost 3 miles to its old location.  But it was nice way to acquaint ourselves with our surroundings.