Coffee Ripening

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)

Wasp Nest

Verdant Hillside

Large Acorn

Twisty Liana

Lunchtime! Me and Mariza

Sweet Stream

Selfie? Marcel, Me, and Mariza

Coati

Rain Coming In

Me and Mariza

Me and Mariza at Dinner

For my last day in the cloud forest I was joined in my ramblings by Marcel and Mariza, retired school teachers from the Netherlands. Though the woods were fairly silent we had a lovely time chatting while wandering the winding trails of the Curi-Cancha Reserve.

A special treat was stumbling across a group of seven agoutis hunting, and squabbling over, large (and presumably tasty) acorns. We finished our warm afternoon with our own sweet treat, ice cream made fresh at the local dairy. It was a delightful way to wrap up my visit!

Wait for the surprise ending – things got a little heated under the old oak tree!