La Selva, la Virgen, el Mirador, y el Volcán
Our time in Caño Negro went better than we had any right to expect, but after that it was time to start making our way back toward San José and the airport.We had a few more stops, however: a night in the famous La Selva Research Station near the town of Sarapiquí, then a couple of sites in the central mountains along the road toward San José, finishing with an afternoon at Volcán Poas. Anyone have a field guide they need illustrated? We departed from Caño Negro in the early afternoon of February 24 and arrived in Sarapiquí late that afternoon. The original plan had been to stay within the research station at La Selva, which would have been access to the station's trails going through an amazing stretch of primary lowland rainforest- one of the best and most accessible habitats of this type in Costa Rica (and probably all of Central America). Unfortunately, by the time we decided on the dates the station was completely full, meaning we would only have access to the entrance and