🔍 Highland Furrows, Tierra Blanca 🌾 📍 Tierra Blanca, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 These terraced potato and vegetable fields sit on the fertile volcanic slopes of Irazú, over 2,300 meters above sea level, overlooking the misty Cartago valley below.
🔍 Wax Begonia | Begonia cucullata 🌸 📍 Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Wax begonias keep blooming almost non-stop — one plant can flower year-round in the right climate, which is exactly why they’re a garden favorite in Costa Rica.
🔍 Rubyspot Damselfly | Hetaerina sp. 🌿 📍 Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Damselflies rest with their wings folded together above the body — the easiest way to tell them apart from their dragonfly cousins, which hold wings flat out to the sides.
🔍 Rainbow over San Isidro 🌈 📍 San Isidro de Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Rainbows form when sunlight refracts through water droplets at a precise 42° angle — and at over 1,300 meters on the volcanic slopes above Grecia, the misty highland air…
🔍 Silver Dominion | Full Moon over Grecia 🌕 📍 Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 The full moon is so bright it can cast shadows — and on long exposure, it paints the countryside in cold silver light that no artificial lamp can replicate.…
🔍 Former Admin Building | Sanatorio Durán 🏚️ 📍 Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Built in 1918 on the slopes of Irazú Volcano, the Sanatorio Durán was the only tuberculosis treatment facility in all of Central America — and today it’s considered one of…
