7 July

After travelling for more than 40 hours, having taken two flights, two taxis and 3 busses, we finally arrived at Cloudbridge Nature Reserve. It is unbelievable how green Costa Rica is, even around cities and villages. At only 60 km an hour the bus calmly drove us to San Gerardo on windy roads going through the green mountains while we got to listen to some Spanish music in the background.
In San Gerardo we were picked up by the reserve manager and that was the most exciting car drive so far. Standing in the back of the pick-up truck we raced up to mountain to the reserve.
In the evening we had dinner out as it was Valerie’s 20^th birthday, which unfortunately ended up walking back to the reserve in the rain and thunder.