We follow the Interamerican Highway One or rather the Carrera Interamericana Sur and reach our southernmost point, close to the border of Panama. The climate gets hotter and more humid again, so that we are back in proper rainforest area.
Costa Rica does not have a lot of Pre-Colombian artefacts. No cultures like the Incas, the Mayas that left their marks in buildings were present in Costa Rica, indigenous people lived in smaller chiefdoms and most of the tribes got extinguished without traces with the arrival of the Spanish. Currently only 2.5% of Costa Ricans are indigenous.
One of the few remnants of a previous culture of the area we are currently in are perfectly round stones whose purpose is not fully understood. Their diameter is up to 2m and it is not known how they were created.
They are considered a national symbol now. And I got to thinking (again) what a crime Europeans committed by robbing whole continents of their identity.
In this post (as in many others) I include pictures Chris has taken and I let you guess which ones are mine and which ones are hers.
Our lodge today, the Equinas Rainforest Lodge, is located in the … rainforest. Rainforest is intense – it is loud, it is hot, humid, it smells strong. But it is also soothing, here a video of the jungle river that crosses the grounds. You grow accustomed to the sounds, recognize more and more bird calls and are less and less shocked when you run across your fourth snake.
The lodge also has conventional swimming options.
And this bird is not only beautiful with a cocky hairdo, I also like its name.
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