Talamanca highlands

Travelling back to Alajuela on our last day, we stopped at two high-elevation habitats: a cloud forest (3100 m), and a bog (2500 m)

top image: Montane Alligator Lizard. Photo taken by Tomas Quezada

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two species of oaks dominate the forest at Villa Mills, near the highest point on the Carretera Interamericana

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many hummingbird-pollinated plants, such as Bomarea hirsuta, grew in the cloud forest understory

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smelling (and tasting) the rich organic soil of the cloud forest

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in the bog, a few rocky outcrops provided solid footing

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we found many tracks of Baird's tapir, the largest mammal in Central America (up to 300 kg)

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one last night on the town in Alajuela

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