A drunk local welcoming the group – the police came later!

Raining again….

…and again…

Their lodge in the mountains…

Breakfast – beans & rice, eggs, fresh fruit. -Beans & rice every meal-

Clouds covering the mountains…

Hiking through the coffee plantation…

Banana trees and coffee bushes…

Coffee beans

Coffee bean bushes…

More coffee bushes…

1 ripe coffee bean ready to pick

1 good coffee bean picker will pick 15 of these baskets in a day…

The owner’s wood carvings…

Coffee processing plant…

Coffee taste testing. They can even tell at what altitude the beans were grown…

Justi taste testing…

Peace garden at the lodge…

School kids

Pineapple field

Pineapple plants as far as you can see. One Pineapple per plant per year.

Eating lunch on the way – ocean in the background.

(food wasn’t that great)

This was our transportation for the 2 hour 4x4 ride (after the 10 hour bus ride).

This is where we get out and start walkingto our lodge on the beach.

The 45 minute beach walk to our lodge…

THAT’S THE RAINFOREST!

And finally we reach our destination… La Leona Eco-lodge

Chilling in the hammocks…

Beautiful views…

More beautiful views…

The horse and cart bringing in our luggage…

Our luggage arriving…

Playing aroundwith the camera anda flashlight

This tent is what we slept in – mosquito netting all around, no walls.

The view from our tents…

Learning about the rainforest…

A balsa wood tree that fell.

Monkeys

Kuwatis..

Fig tree…

Fig trees

Fruit that monkeys eat…

More kuwatis…

Hercules beetle…

Scarlet macaws

Painting signs for the trails

Getting the building ready to paint

I don’t know what they do with these bony cows…

Some of us decided to buy machetes

Kayaking through the mangrove forests…

Docked our kayaks and went for a swim

Having communion with fresh pineapple and coconut milk…

More kayaking in the ocean

The bungalows at Danta Corcovado

The view out our front porch and below is our sink

Our shower below, bedTo the right, and toiletIn far right corner – youCan see the bath was Open to the sky.

Playing with the children

Painting another school

Our lunch

Pineapple plant

Building desks for the school children…

Playing soccer with the kids

Helping build something…? - I wasn’t at this site.

More monkeys

Our farewell dance party

Saying goodbye to the kids

Our group going zip-lining…

Am I really doing this?

Deep into the jungle…