Gee wiz everybody - it's so uplifting to read such nice posts! Yes, it really is "heavenly" and very peaceful, walking around here in these rainforest areas. Unfortunately, most are secondary growth, but there are primary forests not too far, within walking distance as a matter of fact. My little village is a great place to visit, no advertising intended whatsover. We have one of our National Parks just a little further up the road, with the highest mountain in Central America. It is called Mount Chirripo. If you have Google Earth, you can find it on there. A lot of tourists come here from all over the world, mostly the young, very fit ones, to climb to the top. The ascent is quite challenging and takes 2 days, with a campout near the top. The park regulations are very strict, mostly for safety reasons, and they only allow I think 25 people per day to enter. Naturally they want to make sure everyone who goes in, comes back out in one piece, lol! That particular hike does not appeal to me because you have to hike almost non-stop. There's no time to wander about and look at things, which most of you know by now, that is not my "cup of tea". I can spend hours covering a mile or half a mile distance. I would like to climb to the top maybe in Summer, which starts Dec./Jan., but I will enter the park at another point and probably make it a 5 day camping trip. Our tiny village has several small, comfortable and inexpensive, hotel/restaurants and it would be worth spending a few days here just to roam around, for anyone so inclined. I must stress I am not pushing or advertising any commercial establishments. I know that is against the rules here. We have 2 apartments on this property, right next door that are under renovation. They are far from being finished, but they will be for rent when they're ready, maybe in another 6 months or so. I had been considering doing a "B&B" with them, but I'm not really into getting up at 5 every morning and making breakfast for people, lol. They will be equipped with their own kitchens anyway, so the people who rent them, will be on their own as far as food and cooking, etc. go. Personally, I would prefer it that way! Anyway, I really hope I'm not breaking the rules by even mentioning this. It's not like it's something that exists right now. Nothing is concrete and I don't have a vested or invested interest in anything I've mentioned. The owner is actually an American but is in Alaska now until Nov.
Well, that's a lot of rambling. I really just wanted to respond to the posts. I always have my camera with me and do take lots of photos, but I just never thought of taking one of these particular gessies where they are growing, although it's funny because I almost did yesterday, but then it started raining. There are never a lot of flowers open at the same time so it's not like you would see wall-to-wall flowers, just the greenery with the odd bloom here and there. From now on, I'll start taking more panoramic photos, rather than just the individual orchids I find. Orchids are my "specialty", lol!
Well, it's clouding up early again today and I do want to go for just a little walk over on the other side of the river. I live right on the Rio Chirripo and there is a little bridge just down the road I have to cross to get over to the other side.
Thanks everybody for your comments. Hopefully I can post some photos later today, after I get back home.
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