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costa rica part 2: volcan arenal, hanging bridges and tropical fruit
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[posted: 2012-03-06]
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dona christina presents plants from her medicinal garden "la aroma-tica", near la fortuna
giant granadilla (
passiflora quadrangularis
). the plant forms pseudo-eggs that make butterflies think there are already enough eggs on that stalk.
guarumo (
cecropia obtusifolia
), a tree with symbiotic azteca ants
black pepper (
piper nigrum
)
aloe vera
a peeled leaf of
aloe vera
. the gelatinous mass is edible (
though very slimy!
).
dona christina prepares tea with fresh sugarcane sticks
sophie and caroline extract sugarcane juice, the traditional way
zingiber sp.
, flower
volcan arenal
sopralia sp.
, a pioneer orchid
walking along the foot of the volcano, through cana brava (
gynerium sagittatum
) thicket
hiking around volcan arenal
a young guarumo tree (
cecropia obtusifolia
)
guarumo (
cecropia obtusifolia
) builds hollow stems that are home to symbiotic azteca ants which defend the plant against herbivores
hollow chambers in
cecropia obtusifola
, perfect ant nests
epidendrum radicans
, another pioneer orchid
sopralia sp.
, the orchid genus with the biggest flowers
white-headed capuchin monkey (
cebus capucinus
) in the tropical rainforest near volcan arenal
white-headed capuchin monkey (
cebus capucinus
) in the tropical rainforest near volcan arenal
tropical rainforest near volcan arenal
a flowering liana of the bignoniaceae family (ramiflory)
a flowering liana of the bignoniaceae family (ramiflory)
perfectly camouflaged norops lizard (
anolis sp. or norops sp.
)
group photo at a giant kapok tree (
ceiba pentandra
)
panorama: group photo at a giant kapok tree (
ceiba pentandra
)
lunchbreak at volcan arenal's lava field of 1992
area of high volcanic activity, no trespassing.
volcan arenal and i
hdr panorama: volcan arenal and surroundings
arenal hanging bridges through the tropical rainforest
" bird!"
a kolibri's empty nest
leafcutter ants (
atta cf cephalotes
) - note especially the little guards sitting on top of the leaf segments!
a micro-orchid (
?
) in the canopy
vertical panorama: arenal hanging bridges and below
arenal hanging bridges through the rainforest canopy
arenal hanging bridges through the rainforest canopy
susi, sophie and i
late evening in the rainforest of the hanging bridges
baby gecko cleaning its eye
you can tell from the facial expressions that we were all (
1
) carnivores and (
2
) very hungry.
dinner: a giant costa rican steak not far from the volcano
a brown-throated sloth (
bradypus variegatus
) is sleeping on a cecropia tree (
cecropia sp.
)
montezuma oropendola (
psarocolius montezuma
) and woven hanging nests
montezuma oropendola (
psarocolius montezuma
) and woven hanging nests
old electrical stove
typical costa rican living room
tropical fruit stand, somewhere in costa rica
tropical fruit: bananas (
musa sp.
)
tropical fruit: cashew nuts (
anacardium occidentale, brownish
) with edible, thickened fruit stalks
tropical fruit: green and red mangos (
mangifera indica
)
tropical fruit: malay apples (
syzygium malaccense
)
tropical fruit: star apples (
chrysophyllum cainito
)
tropical fruit: star apples (
chrysophyllum cainito
), soursop (
annona muricata
), papayas (
carica papaya
), malay apples (
syzygium malaccense
) and mandarins (
citrus reticul
tropical fruit: cashew nuts (
anacardium occidentale, brownish
) with edible, thickened fruit stalks
tropical fruit: pineapples (
ananas comosus
)
johannes, toni, leo and andrea
firewood dried bananas
tropical fruit stand: green mangos (
mangifera indica
), cashew nuts (
anacardium occidentale
) and a broken knife
tropical fruit: sapodilla, bully tree fruit (
manilkara zapota
)
tropical fruit: yellow-red mangos (
mangifera indica
)
american crocodile (
crocodylus acutus
)
american crocodile (
crocodylus acutus
)
american crocodile (
crocodylus acutus
)
supermarket "dos pinos" in dominical - the shelves were really that skew
