4th e-mail
Hi all, To Bongle, happy belated birthday(I couldnt get to internet yesterday).WWell, Monteverde was absolutely spectacular. I stayed there 4 nights, 3days. The first day I went to the Monteverde Reserve. It was absolutely amazing and I saw lots of birds, 42 species, 37 of which were lifers! Talk about quality. The rainforest is amazing, very beatiful although I expected there to be more wildlife, insects etc. hardly any though, except birds. THey had an area with 7 hummingbird feeders, there were lots of hummers here, prob. 50 or so of 7 types. Very pertty. Today I took the bus from Montverde to San Jose then up to Vara Blanca, where I aam now. I was planning on going to a small area which is suposed to be one of the best birding spots in CR, called Virgen del Socorro but I thought it was only a few kms. from town when actually it is 15 kms. kinda sucks since the Hotel here coosts $20! and aparrently there is at leasast one place right close by to virgen del socorro. Oh well, hopefully things will work out and I will get there tommorow. i have to keep it short as this is the only internet in town and hence is fairly expensive.Bye for now,Gump