Sunset from Monteverde Sunset seen from the Hotel Fonta Vela in Monteverde. The pacific coast of Costa Rica can barely be made out in the distance.
Unidentified Flower This big, red flower was growing on the lawn outside of the artiest store in Monteverde.
Strangler Fig Hollow Interior Strangler figs grow up around other trees and eventually strangle them, causing the supporting tree to die. Years later, the fig vines remain with a hollow interior where the host tree once grew. This is a picture taken inside of a strangler fig vine, where a host tree once grew, aiming up towards the sky.