Monteverde

21 - 28 June 2008

After our adventures in Nicaragua and the border, we decided to spend a week in Monteverde. Natasha's sister Munira works at the CPI language school there as a chaperon for the students.

That means that she's often on the road with the kids. Luckily, she managed to be in town on an important occasion: Natasha's birthday. We celebrated at the local restaurant La Chimera.

Munira organised a great apartment for our stay in Monteverde. After several weeks of eating out three times a day, an own kitchen was pure luxury, and we looked forward to a week of homecooked food.

We got so excited about cooking that we signed up for the one-hour cooking class at school. Believe it or not: it tasted great.

We also took advantage of Spanish classes, to expand (Gaudi) and brush up (Natasha) our skills. We had two great teachers: Alexandra and Carlos.

Mornings in Monteverde were always clear, with good views over the mountains. On very clear days, we could see the pacific coast. But towards the afternoon, clouds usually creeped up the mountains, and by 2pm it was raining. Knowing this, Munira arranged for our classes to be in the afternoon. :-)

During the mornings, we did outings to the nature reserve (or worked on our homework!). Monteverde and Santa Elena are untouched areas of beautiful cloud forest. We were able to spot Tucans, Colibries, and other interesting birds.

See all Monteverde and Santa Elena pictures here:

Monteverde