Amboró East:  Volcanes




Colorful parrots as we walk toward Volcanes, another community ecotourism project near Amboró sponsored by Probioma.




Tree blossoms and mountains beyond - we rock-hopped to cross the stream about 13 times on the way to Volcanes.




After arriving at the ecolodge, it was time for a rest..




Looking down at the ecolodge past my favorite flora - irridescent blue and turquoise flowers on red or pink stalks, with orange-tipped anthers




Amanda with colorful blossoms and mountain scenery. 




We kept climbing steep trails to a series of overlooks, each higher than the last.




Pretty flower.




Amanda finds herself in a rootsy setting.




Strangler figs and vines climb a tree.




At this site where two little brooks met, I counted at least a dozen types of butterflies (including perhaps 4 species of Pieridae visible here).




At the same location, a pair of large blue morpho butterflies (about 6 inches long) playing tag.




Just before seeing this 2ft green snake, we saw a much longer and thicker brown one that climbed a tree to make its escape.





One more view of picturesque cliffsides