from Las Flores to Monteverde...

1. DON'T DO IT!!!!!
yes go to Monteverde... it is the best kept area of the country.... it is eco friendly... it is comforting to see how an area is so well protected... but for the sake of all man kind  do not drive from las flores to monteverde..  take an extra day and go back to San Jose... rest and drive a decent road to Monteverde.

The Road around the lake from Las Flores to Monteverde is a killer, it is beyond words I am able to publish to the public... as one customer just wrote me... wtf... for short.  here Monteverde is the number one place in land for people around the world to visit but the beautiful stuff is hard to get to.... so hard to deal with ... the road was unbarable... to put it nicely...

Jerry and I are really good together, but the noice,... rattle of road, windows, doors?  the pain from bumps, slides, even the seatbelts stayed locked so hard you couldn't re position yourself.  The damage to our kidneys... ? oh my... another story...  

save your body, mind and humanity and go the long way around.  UNLESS you are going to be in an expensive 4x4 that has lush suspension and is made better than a mercedes...

once there ...
In Monteverde... the town in quaint... a back packers paradise.  Not a plush place at all or in any way.  But the way they have it set up in impressive, to say the least.

Solar, Wind, and water catching systems all over the place ... IF you got hot water at all.  most places are a room with a mat for sleeping... fine if you are ready for it.   no a/c... but not really needed.... but not all have screens on windows doors etc... and this can be dangerous in such places... so take more bug spray than you think you will need.

My clothes ... of two days of drying time... never dried...

The Cloud forest it self is incredible.  not as impressive as the rain forest ... for me... but ... after than *(R%*&^(&*N road... nothing was going to impress me!   I will not repeat what Jerry wanted as a consolation prize for dealing with the road... after all this is suppose to be a nice blog to read not vulgar...

I will say more later but little time with computer today...

much love to you all.