Guaria Morada and other orchids of Costa Rica

 

Costa Rica is famous for its more than 1400 species of orchids. Some are small, some large, many are quite showy. The Southern Nicoya Peninsula area is composed mainly of dry forest, most of which was chopped down in the early 20's and 30's, wreaking havoc on the flora and fauna of the area. Costa Rica has an astonishing number of plants, and people are drawn from all over the world to see the beautiful flowers that grow here.  

Of special interest to many are the numerous varieties of orchids.  In fact, Costa Rica has over Thirteen Hundred species of orchids.The best time of the year for orchids in Costa Rica in the wild is just as the rainy season is starting up with the first scant rains. Many of the orchids in nature are triggered into their blooming cycle at that time. 

Link: Botanical Orchid Garden

Link: Costa Rica Culture

Grass boarding in Costa Rica

Grass boarding is a new sport that is taking force in Costa Rica. It is also an extreme activity with some dangers and a lot of adrenaline.

Although the sport is being practiced here, it is not open to the public ad a tour yet. There are short term plans to offer it to tourist who like adrenaline and extreme activities.






Link: Extreme Costa Rica

Bungee jumping at Monteverde EXTREME

Bungee Jumping at Monteverde is a extreme experience. Besides the famous ziplinning (Canopy) through the cloud forest, there is also bungee jumping to the cloud forest. I came to Costa Rica an this is the best tour I have ever done in the country. I came with http://www.bananaadventuretours.com, a travel agency located in Costa Rica.

Monteverde extreme canopy has one of the most beautiful views of the area, that can be observed during the tour.To reach the major heights, mix the extreme adventure together with the majestic. And admire the rich natural beauty of the forest and its treasures. You will feel exciting emotions when doing the big tarzan swing, the giant rappel, and feeling fantastic distance of each one of the cable. Which reaches up to 2550 feet long and 450 feet height.

Wallpaper Calendar 2012 - Sunsets of Costa Rica

 

Costa Rica´s sky is clean and so wonderful in showing all the time the beautiful colors of everyday sunsets. Download and use this wallpapers with sunsets of Costa Rica.

Link: Wallpaper - Costa Rica

Visiting Rio Celeste in Tenorio National Park

 

Our trip of the month was going to Rio Celeste, on the Tenorio National Park. There are many ways to enter the park, but we took the one that goes from Caña to Bijagua and then to the national park. It is around 4 hours from San Jose, but it is completely worthy.

Rio Celeste is one of the most beautiful rivers I have ever seen, with its light blue waters and lush green forest. The water takes that color because of the combination of two rivers with volcanic chemicals that get combined and create is marvelous jewel.

Street Art in Costa Rica

 

After fighting with the street artists to stop painting the public walls, the Costa Rican government changed its approach. Now, in Costa Rica, many young artists have now a space to express themselves in anyway they want. One of these places is Parque La Libertad, where young people with many different talents can make art, work, talk with other people of their same interest and create significant working relationships.

In Parque La Libertad then, many different types of art can be found: painting, drawing, graffittis, manga, etc. Also, many street sports, such as skating, biking, and parkour.

Costa Rica Countryside

 

One thing about Costa Rica that is truly amazing, is the micro climates that can be found along the country. If you are in San Jose downtown, you may be experiencing hot weather, but just 25 kilometers from there, you get to Cartago and have chilly weather with a little of rain. You go 2 hours in a road to a wonderful beach and in just 15 minutes you are in a mountain again with foggy weather. 

This pictures shows a little bit of this, rain a sun coexisting in just the same landscape.