lichen, pine needles, and rain suits. . .more importantly, my brother, guide, teacher, and friend, who adds color to photograph and lives.

Cloud forest reserve - Santa Elena.

www.hermanvansteenwijk.com, Leaf, cloudforest Tandayapa valley, Ecuador, July 2010

It was deafening, Took a swim

Cloud forest reserve - Santa Elena.

From the hanging bridges at La Selvatura Park, Monteverde, Costa Rica, March 2008

Lemon-Rumped Tanager

They might be small but they can make a big noise

The bus started to overheat even before starting the steep climb up to Monteverde and we had to wait for several hours in a restaurant by the roadside for a replacement. By the time we arrived in Monteverde it was raining and already starting to get dark. There's a hummingbird gallery at the entrance to the Cloud Forest reserve. Plenty of hummingbirds still around but the light was quite poor. Very difficult to focus on the darting birds

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At Monteverde (Cloud Forest)

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Masked Trogon (Male)

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Day 3 of the Inca Trail: Winay wanya is Quechua for "forever young" and is the name of this archeaological site as well as this orchid found nearby.

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Los Ilinizas in the background