Rambling around Lankester Botanical Gardens, Costa Rica
The Lankester Gardens are most famous for their wonderful collections of orchids, but it has a lot of other lovely plants worth seeing as well.
The Lankester Gardens are most famous for their wonderful collections of orchids, but it has a lot of other lovely plants worth seeing as well.
DrFumblefinger shares a gallery of orchids he saw at the Lankester Botanical Garden near Cartago. The garden is well known for its excellent collection, especially for its large assortment of orchids.
DrFumblefinger enjoys the architectural diversity he encountered in Costa Rica's capital city.
DrFumblefinger shares some of the scenes he encountered while exploring La Fortuna, Costa Rica.
DrFumblefinger's tour group was treated to a tasty home-cooked meal during their last evening in La Fortuna.
An attractive rooster caught DrFumblefinger's attention while making a stop in rural Costa Rica.
DrFumblefinger goes on a nature hike in a beautiful national park in Costa Rica, providing great views of the Arenal Volcano.
Gumbo was visiting the main cathedral in downtown San Jose. It is more than 150 years old and one of its proudest moments was when Pope John Paul II held a mass here in 1983.
DrFumblefinger visits Central Park in San Jose, which makes up for its lack of green space with a lot of concrete.
DrFumblefinger comes across this well camouflaged walking stick, a herbivorous insect that does well in warm humid ecosystems.
Founded in the first half of the 18th century, San José has a history that is reflected in the faces of the diverse range of people who live there.
DrFumblefinger visits La Fortuna in Costa Rica, where the active Arenal volcano looms over the town.
On a clear day in Monteverde, you can see over the surrounding forests to the Arenal Volcano in one direction and the Gulf of Nicoya in the other.
The fabulous Jade Museum in San Jose contains the largest collection of American Jade artifacts. This, and many thousands of other pre-Columbian artifacts are on display.
DrFumblefinger enjoyed watching this pair paddling a canoe down a canal near Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica.