Cloud Forest Walks

We have spent the past two afternoons after class exploring the cloud forest all around us here in Monteverde. On Tuesday, we went on a guided hike in the Monteverde Reserve, a privately owned and protected cloud forest. Our guide was excellent; he easily spotted birds I had no idea were there. We also saw a troup of spider monkeys, and a hummingbird in her nest right by the side of the trail!
Yesterday we went to Selvatura Park and walked a trail that had eight hanging bridges. It was amazing being so high in the canopy!
And we ended yesterday by walking into town with Michael's host family to get ice cream (from the cheese factory, which supported the town before eco-tourism did) to celebrate his birthday...a day belatedly, because the ice cream shop was closed the night before. On the way, we stopped at the Monteverde Serpentarium, where Michael's host brother works, and he let us come in for free to see some pretty amazing snakes!
Y en espanol:
Hemos pasado los dos tardes antes despues de clases exploradando el bosque nubloso todo aldreador de nosotros. Martes, fuimos a la Reserva de Monteverde para dar un caminata com un guia. La Reserva esta dado y proyectado privadamente. Nuestra guia estaba excelente; el pudio facilmente ver aves que no sabia estaban alli. Tambien vimos un troupo de monos aranas, y un colibri en su niedo a lado del sendero.
Ayer, fuimos a Parque Selvatura y caminabamos un sendero que tuvo ocho puentes colgantes. Que magnifica estar tan alto en los arboles!
Y terminamos el dia ayer para caminamos con la familia de Michael a la heladeria (a la fabrica de queso, que apoyo el pueblo antes del llegada de eco-turisma) para celebrar su compleanos, un dia tarde, por que el heladeria estaba cerrada el noche antes. En el camino, paremos al Serpentario, donde trabaja el hermano tico de Michael, y el deja nosotros entrar gratis, para ver unas serpientes increibles!