Wingspan | Vultures in the highlands often sit and spread their wings for hours to warm up. The sun also causes parasites to converge in areas of the birds' bodies that are easier to reach for removal.
La Fortuna Street Scene | La Fortuna ("The Fortune") is a district and a small city in the shadow of Arenal Volcano within the extremely fertile lands of Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Porcelain Rose | La Fortuna | Costa Rica
Arenal I | Arenal Volcano near La Fortuna is the youngest and most active of all volcanoes in Costa Rica. It's been considered eruptive since 1968 but has been asleep since 2010. Arenal formed more than 7,000 years ago and reaches 5,437 feet into the sky.
Arenal II | Arenal Volcano near La Fortuna is the youngest and most active of all volcanoes in Costa Rica. It's been considered eruptive since 1968 but has been asleep since 2010. Arenal formed more than 7,000 years ago and reaches 5,437 feet into the sky.
Arenal Lake | Costa Rica
Misty Mountainside | On the road to Monteverde you navigate rugged farmland marked by tattered fences where horses and cattle disappear into mist.
Into the Highlands | The jagged, narrow path into Costa Rica's rugged highlands straddling the Continental Divide is steep and twisted. Progress is slow through thick humidity and deep shades of Equatorial green. This view shows how quickly the landscape turns vertical at the shores of Arenal de Laguna as you head into the mountains.
Monteverde Cloud Forest I | Known for its evergreen atmosphere and extremely high biodiversity, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve gets its name from a rare ability to attract low level cloud cover across more than 25,000 acres.
Monteverde Cloud Forest II | Costa Rica
Monteverde Cloud Forest III | Costa Rica
Break in the Canopy | Monteverde | Costa Rica
High Tide Sculpture | Montezuma | Nicoya Peninsula | Costa Rica
The Pacific at Montezuma
Montezuma Paradise | After you come down from Monteverde altitudes on a muddy path west to the Pacific lowlands, a ferry can take you to the Nicoya Peninsula. This rugged paradise offers every signature of the tropics - thickly forested hills, white sand beaches lined with eroded rocks and leaning palms, and shifting, silky water.
Montezuma Coast | Costa Rica
Outskirts of San Jose | Costa Rica
