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costa rica part 1: volcan barva, volcan poas, and rio frio boat trip
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[posted: 2011-02-08]
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hotel dona ines has a nice little open air garden in the middle of the building.
typical costa rican dinner: casado. rice, beans, fried plantains/bananas, and grilled fish/meat/cheese.
the tour bus
walking up to volcan barva
panorama: view of the valle central (central valley) and san jose, costa rica
view of the central valley (valle central) and san jose, costa rica
a baby-tillandsia (tillandsia sp., bromeliaceae), and my pinky finger for comparison
werauhia ororiensis
, a beautiful tillandsia species
the costa rican oak (
quercus costaricensis
), covered in bromeliads and other epiphytes
the costa rican oak (
quercus costaricensis
), covered in bromeliads and other epiphytes (
hdr
)
lunchtime: costa rican fruits and specialties
a fungus that attracts flies with the smell of carrion
philipp tastes bromelia leaves
wet tropical mountain rainforest at volcan barva (altitude ca. 2700 m) (hdr)
"leaf skeleton" - a decomposing leaf with only the hydraulic tissues left
volcan barva: this way
bomarea hirsuta
, a beautiful flowering liana
the umbrella of the poor (
gunnera insignes
) and i
panorama: laguna barva - the volcano's crater lake has a diameter of 70 m and a depth of only 8 m
dusk and crescent
the closer you get to the equator, the more the crescent turns
a shop for breakfast cereal and cookies
the fruit of the coffee plant (
coffea sp.
) is called a coffee cherry
cafe tres generaciones - fabulous fresh roasted costa rican coffee
panorama: coffee plantation (
coffea robusta
)
coffee plantation
leaves of the coffee plant (
coffea sp.
) have little housings (domatium) for symbiotic mites which keep the leaves clean.
clinging our fresh strawberries - with katrin, bine and ines
volcan poas - unfortunately, this is as much as we got to see of the crater lagoon and fumaroles
wet tropical mountain rainforest at volcan poas
panorama: laguna botos, volcan poas (hdr)
bangs's mountain squirrel (
syntheosciurus brochus
), an almost unknown species of tree squirrel
a bangs's mountain squirrel (
syntheosciurus brochus
) is very interested in my banana peels
bangs's mountain squirrel (
syntheosciurus brochus
), the star of the day
werauhia ororiensis
, flower
gunnera insignes
leaf (hdr)
emergency ponchos
lunch: gallo pinto (rice and beans), fried bananas and meat w/ onions. it tasted a lot better than it looks.
lunch at comidas tipicas dona mayela - a typical costa rican countryside restaurant
comidas tipicas dona mayela - a typical costa rican countryside restaurant
the effects of somebody shouting "bird!" were instantaneous and completely independent of our current location or bus speed.
giant leaves of
gunnera insignes
- the umbrella of the poor
treehopper nymphs (
membracis sp., m. dorsata?
)
the living room of an abandoned house.
the living room of an abandoned house.
a tree covered by common iguanas (
iguana iguana
)
common iguana (
iguana iguana
)
male common iguana (
iguana iguana
) with spines and dewlap
pineapple plantation (
ananas comosus
)
pineapple flower (
ananas comosus
)
pineapple (
ananas comosus
)
mantled howler monkeys (
alouatta palliata
) in a pochote tree (
pachira quinata
)
mantled howler monkeys (
alouatta palliata
) in a pochote tree (
pachira quinata
)
biologists :)
boat trip: rio frio
boat trip: rio frio
trees here were literally covered in bromeliads and other epiphytes
cloudburst at rio frio
a cormorant (
phalacrocorax sp.
) and darter (
anhinga sp.
), drying their wings after the rainfall
a female mantled howler monkey (
alouatta palliata
) with its baby
"bienvenidos a nicaragua" - boundary stone along the rio frio
greater white-lined bats (
saccopteryx bilineata
)
can you spot the cayman? our boat's captain did!
a perfectly camouflaged cayman
