way down below this bridge is another one, see?

We now transition from the cruise to our cloud forest stay.

Our room at the Dantica Cloud Forest Lodge was the one to the left. What a view we had!

Our hotel had cabins high on a hill bordering on the cloud forest. In the late afternoons, the clouds rolled in. Inspiring!

Wayqecha Biological Station, Cusco, Peru

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you sometimes see this bridge in advertisements for CitiBank

Cloud Forest, Singapore

World's largest columnless glasshouse in the world. One of two conservatories in Gardens by the Bay. It contains mountain with the waterfall and top can be reached by elevator.

What a great hummingbird flower - a favorite with the incas and coronets. Yanacocha, Pichincha, Ecuador. June 17, 2012.

Pitilla cloud forest or rainforest. In the clouds. Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Research station.

Found at a very dark place, always moist 2000 meters forest. Blooming is about 7 cms.

Pitilla cloud forest or rainforest. In the clouds. Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Research station.

Pitilla cloud forest, in the clouds. Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Research station.

The Cooling Leaves

El Dorado Lodge, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

A big flower Lepanthes, found from 2200 to 3000 meters high. Flower is 10mm wide, plant is around 10 - 15 cms tall, usually seen with several flowers in a buch

Cloud Forest, Singapore

World's largest columnless glasshouse in the world. One of two conservatories in Gardens by the Bay. It contains mountain with the waterfall and top can be reached by elevator.

A pitcher plant at the upper level of the Cloud Forest Conservatory in Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.

Singapore

Location: Cusuco National Park, Sierra del Merendón, Honduras, Central America

Lepanthes, 15 cms tall plant, 5/6 mm wide flower, found around 3000 meters hight, moderate - high luminosity, some inches above the ground on old oak trunks. In situ shot.

Pitilla cloud forest or rainforest. In the clouds. Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Research station.

a warmer growing lepanthes from columbia. The flower stays open for only a day. :(

"Chicaque is a must see destination for hiking, birdwatching, hiking, camping, horse-back riding, or just to unwind while enjoying the most beautiful landscape at our hotel or restaurant, all conveniently located on the outskirts of one of South America's busiest capitals." (from the park website) www.chicaque.com/en/home/

Maxine

This was fantastic. 40 mph. 1/4 mile. 150 feet high about the valley. Priceless. There were about 16 ziplines at this place. 2 of them were very long like this one.

Pitilla cloud forest, in the clouds. Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Research station.

At this abandoned hotel