>We will be going to Cocos Island first then Costa Rica in a few months and
>we are thinking about doing the Canopy Tours in Monteverde Cloud Forest.
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>Thanks for your feedback

>The next day, we packed our bags, locked up TII, and drove to north to Monteverde, one of Costa Rica’s most famous tourist destinations. Monteverde was founded by American Quakers from Alabama in 1951.. Upon arrival they bought 1500 hundred hectares in this mountaintop region and set up the dairy farming and cheese production community that defines the area today. What attracts tourists to this area are the cloud forest reserves, which are a haven for much of the special animal and bird life of Costa Rica. In recent years many elaborate tourist projects have sprung up to exploit that interest. Monteverde is the birthplace of the “canopy tour,” essentially an amusement park ride disguised as an ecological experience, and there are several of these available in the area, plus a “Skywalk” tour somewhat like “Rainmaker”, a butterfly farm, a serpent farm, as well as old fashioned hiking.
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>You might guess that there are no snack bars lining these poor excuses for roads, so Don, following his gut…instinct…, took a right down a side road that had a sign with a knife and fork on it. Yep, you guessed it, the road got even WORSE, and after probably a half hour of wrenching jolts, Don’s crew was close to mutiny when the most incredible view opened up on our right. Crisp across the valley about 12 kilometers away was Vulcan Arenal, Costa Rica signature volcano, smoking slightly just the way a volcano should, with Lake Fortuna laid out at its feet like the ultimate picture postcard. I had been pouting just a bit because it had come clear that a visit to Arenal was not going to fit into our schedule, so this really capped off the day! Things got even better when we actually found a little Tico restaurant and inn at the end of that road, whose hostess, Rosie, served us up a wonderful Tico meal (chicken or pork chops, gallo pinto (aka rice and beans), sweet plaintain and salad),