Parque National Rincon de Viaja

We arrived to Volcan Rincon by a back road to the Santa Maria ranger station.  The station was abandoned ... no tourists and no rangers in site.  We decided to take a short walk around the park and came across a large group of Rainbow-billed Toucans chatting to each other a getting ready for the roost.

The following day we hiked into a large waterfall and around a vast area of intense volcanic activity.  Crazy!  Bubbling mud pits, gas vents and steaming pools of sulfuric acid.

Here we had our fist experience of our alive Costa Rica can be.  White-faced Capuchin Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Woodpeckers, Iguanas, Agouti, and a lot of great bisrds.

Windfarms are definitly not a strainge sight in Costa Rica.  In a country where 94% of electricity is generated from renewable sources .... I think Australia could learn a lot from Costa ... Pura Vida.

Oh ... I forgot to mention the army.... Costa hasn't had one since 1949. What a country!