Heading onto the highway
We turned towards a small town called El Capomo (which Cam and I visited a few days ago) and then headed off on rough roads into the mountains.
Mules
Dry jungle
Lovely forest
Lots of cattle along the road
Some narrow switchbacks
We had to back out a few times because the road was impassable in a couple of places due to washouts. We went high enough to have my ears pop a few times. We saw a lot of coffee trees. One of the local people who works in the park grew up in this area and her family would pick coffee in December and January. They camp out or build basic huts for shelter while they are up there. The slopes are very steep. She said that as kids their parents would tie a rope to a tree and lower them down the slopes to pick coffee. Some of the coffee sold in La Peñita comes from here. Sounded similar to the way families go picking blueberries or seneca root at home in Manitoba.
Coffee trees
Lots of coffee
Occasionally we went by small farms
Coffee picker shelters
Some nice views
We encountered pieces of new highway along the way. Curiously, even the dirt road parts had paper 40 km speed limit signs. Felt a little like an "after the apocalypse" movie.
Hmm
Then it becomes rough track again
Then a bridge to nowhere that ended just beyond the overpass
On the overpass we met a guy hunting armadillos
A tunnel
Drove through it
Another bridge
There were open slots across this highway piece with just 2 metal plates for your tires to cross
Nice ranch
Very well cared for horse
Little river
El Tamarindo (Tamarindus indica) tree
Friendly cowboys
Even this little town has a bullring
Leaving town
And so we headed off down the hill towards Las Varas and onto highway 200 for a fast ride home.
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