Zip Lining

Well, got up early for the jeep boat jeep ride to Monteverde. It is the quickest option to get from La Fortuna to Monteverde. The distance between the two places is about 40Ks but a big lake and terrible roads make some journeys 3-4 hours. Ours was not as quick at it should be given our "jeep" (a minivan) overheated and we had to wait for it to cool.

I arrive in Santa Elena the town near the cloud forest. In the afternoon I went on a Canopy Tour. Which involves Zip-line (fying fox) cables that are suspended over the cloud forest, some go right through the trees. It is a blast, you are harnessed in and fly through and over beautiful trees and forests. There are 11 different cables, the fastests takes you to 35Km per hour, the longest is about 770m and the highest involves climing up a spiral staircase in howling winds to 130m above the ground. Given you are high up in the coutry anyway from the top you can see the pacific coast, and on a clear day you can see Lake Nicaragua. It was a fun and exhilirating experience.

I am staying at a cool really social hostel here, two guys staying here did the canopy tour in a cow cuit and parrot suit. I saw some video footage they had. Hilarious!! For your viewing pleasure I took a nice cheesy photo he he he