To be in a forest may be my favorite activity in Costa Rica, like looking out over the forest below at Arenal Volcano National Park . . .
Or seeing the inter-connectedness of everything in the forest like Jane Goodall says in this minute and a half YouTube Video:
Or to know that I’ve helped save an endangered globe by Planting One Tree! Check out that link for how you can plant a tree in parts of the world needing them most, OR go plant one in your own backyard or nearby park! 🙂
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¡Pura Vida!
Charlie,
Did you know that we have a bit of forest here in Palmares? It is called Madre Verde. It is a bit of a steep walk up to it. You are allowed two hours in the park and there is usually no-one else there. There are some howler monkeys though I have only seen them once. There is a colony of Montezuma Oropendolas, lots of epiphytes and butterflies. We try to go every week.
Thanks Margaret!
Someday maybe I will get to visit your community forest, which every community certainly needs! We have a similar one in Atenas called The Atenas Municipal Forest (Bosque Municipal Ateniense) with beautiful old large trees, monkeys, birds and other wildlife and where I have heard more Long-tailed Manakins than anywhere else, though still difficult to photograph. 🙂
To be in a forest is to be close to God!