Los Gemelos

On Sunday we took a taxi up to the highlands to visit Los Gemelos - twin sink holes just off the main road. The kids discovered to their delight they provided the ideal site for an echo, so yelled, screamed and yelped at the top of their voices and laughed at the resulting sound.
We followed a track winding through the scalesia forest with moss covered branches, hanging lichen, ferns and bromeliads, giving it a mysterious and delicate fairy tale appearance. We had hoped to see the vivid red vermilion flycatcher amongst the trees but instead rounded a corner on the track to find ourselves being quietly hissed at by a short eared owl sitting on the ground. We silently watched it blinking it's incredible yellow eyes for a while before leaving it to sleep again.









So nice to be amongst the green forest after being in the dry lowlands.
























The owl blended in so perfectly with it's surroundings.