Monteverde Cloud Forest
VIEW FROM ROAD TO MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST 5000 FT. HIGH
HOTEL BELMAR AT MONTEVERDE, A SWISS CHALET
BUTTERFLY GARDEN
FROG POND MURAL
BLUE MORPHO BUTTERFLY
IGUANA LIZARD
OWL BUTTERFLY
HUMMING BIRD
COSTUS PLANT LEAF DISPLAY GETS MORE SUNLIGHT
JESUS CHRIST LIZARD CAN RUN ON WATER
HOLE IN TREE IS QUETZAL NEST
QUETZAL BIRD AT NEST
CANOPY TOUR HEADQUARTERS
CLOUD FOREST BRIDGE
GIRL IN SLING ON CABLE
THE CABLE RIDE
GLENN RIDING ON THE CABLE OVER THE JUNGLE
CLOUD FOREST HIKE
PURPLE FLOWERS
CORTEZA TREE
MILKING THE COCONUTS
POIAS TREE
ANTHURIUMS AND HELICONIAS
HELICONIA FLOWERS AT HOTEL GRANITO DE ORO
FLOWERS IN HOTEL GRANO DE ORO
HELICONIA AND GINGER FLOWERS
 THE HISTORY AND METHOD OF GROWING COFFEE AT THE BRITT COFFEE COMPANY

BEST COFFEE COMES FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SHADE AND OUT OF THE WIND.  COFFEE IS GRADED DOWN TO THAT WHICH IS GROWN IN THE LOWLANDS IN THE SUN AND WIND.  HERE THEY OPEN UP AN ENLARGED MOCK COFFEE BEAN TO TELL THE STORY. THEN WE WENT INDOORS FOR A COMPLETE HISTORY LESSON ON COFFEE.  GRANITO DE ORO IN SPANISH MEANS GRAIN OF GOLD.  IN COSTA RICA IT STANDS FOR COFFEE BEANS AS IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPORT OF THE COUNTRY. $$$$

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