¡Hola! Wow, it has been a long time since I wrote in the blog, and Monteverde seems like an age ago… in fact I guess it was nearly a month ago. What happened to August? Well, it has been the best month of the year without a doubt. Monteverde (to be precise Santa Elena) was our first stop in Costa Rica. Nestled in the highlands surrounded by protected cloud forests and primary rainforest, the climate was refreshingly cool and rainy (of course) and the area is...