Day 7: Canopy Tour, Suspended Bridge Walk, and Night Hike

Hello! So far on our trip, every activity has been thrilling. Today's activity was no exception. We started with zip lining and it was so much fun. We had done zip lining before, but on this zip line we were able to go in pairs for a couple of them, which I really enjoyed. My partner was Cate and we zipped over the cloud forest canopy of Monteverde.  One of the zip line runs was 1km in length...nearly 3/4 of a mile! Then after zip lining we got to take a nice nature walk over suspended bridges. After lunch we headed back to the hotel to get ready for a night hike.  Led by our guide, Jorge, we explored the rainforest after dark.  We saw many insects, a raccoon, a wild turkey, a tarantula, a wolf spider, and baby bird called a blue crested mutt mutt in it's nest.  Probably the most exciting part of the night was seeing a sloth with it's baby clinging to a telephone wire on our way home.  This was the closest we've been to a sloth yet and very exciting.  Tomorrow we head to the Pacific coast to a town called Samara.  It will be a long trip, but we are all looking forward to some sun and sand.

-Madison Smith