5. A drunk local welcoming the group – the police came later!

6. Raining again….

7. … and again…

8. Their lodge in the mountains…

9. Breakfast – beans & rice, eggs, fresh fruit. -Beans & rice every meal-

11. Clouds covering the mountains…

12. Hiking through the coffee plantation…

13. Banana trees and coffee bushes…

14. Coffee beans

15. Coffee bean bushes…

16. More coffee bushes…

17. 1 ripe coffee bean ready to pick

18. 1 good coffee bean picker will pick 15 of these baskets in a day…

20. The owner’s wood carvings…

22. Coffee processing plant…

23. Coffee taste testing. They can even tell at what altitude the beans were grown…

24. Justi taste testing…

27. Peace garden at the lodge…

29. School kids

30. Pineapple field

31. Pineapple plants as far as you can see. One Pineapple per plant per year.

33. Eating lunch on the way – ocean in the background.

34. (food wasn’t that great)

35. This was our transportation for the 2 hour 4x4 ride (after the 10 hour bus ride).

36. This is where we get out and start walking to our lodge on the beach.

37. The 45 minute beach walk to our lodge…

38. THAT’S THE RAINFOREST! 

42. And finally we reach our destination… La Leona Eco-lodge

43. Chilling in the hammocks…

44. Beautiful views…

45. More beautiful views…

46. The horse and cart bringing in our luggage…

47. Our luggage arriving…

48. Playing around with the camera and a flashlight

51. This tent is what we slept in – mosquito netting all around, no walls.

52. The view from our tents…

55. Learning about the rainforest…

56. A balsa wood tree that fell.

57. Monkeys

58. Kuwatis..

60. Fig tree…

61. Fig trees

63. Fruit that monkeys eat…

68. More kuwatis…

69. Hercules beetle…

72. Scarlet macaws

75. Painting signs for the trails

81. Getting the building ready to paint

93. I don’t know what they do with these bony cows…

95. Some of us decided to buy machetes

96. Kayaking through the mangrove forests…

97. Docked our kayaks and went for a swim

98. Having communion with fresh pineapple and coconut milk…

102. More kayaking in the ocean

103. The bungalows at Danta Corcovado

105. The view out our front porch and below is our sink

106. Our shower below, bed To the right, and toilet In far right corner – you Can see the bath was Open to the sky.

107. Playing with the children

115. Painting another school

118. Our lunch

125. Pineapple plant

126. Building desks for the school children…

130. Playing soccer with the kids

132. Helping build something…? - I wasn’t at this site.

136. More monkeys

137. Our farewell dance party

139. Saying goodbye to the kids

141. Our group going zip-lining…

145. Am I really doing this?

148. Deep into the jungle…