Views from the top of the gondola at Monteverde's Extremos Park on April 17, 2013
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Be warned that potholes are common, but for travel to many of Costa Rica’s vacation hotspots – Arenal, Manuel Antonio, Jaco, and Tamarindo, for example – you will not need a 4WD vehicle. If Monteverde or some of the country’s more remote areas are on your itinerary, 4WD is suggested and sometimes necessary. During the rainy season (May-November), all roads are susceptible to landslides and flooding, and 4WD is highly recommended.

Views from the top of the gondola at Monteverde's Extremos Park on April 17, 2013.
The morning started with a horseback ride, through the valleys around Monteverde on April 17, 2013. This was Camacho, my noble steed for the day.
A group of students from Illinois and Georgia mount up before the ride on April 17, 2013. Education First, a study abroad program, brings students to Costa Rica to learn more about the culture, language and environment.
Our guide leads the way through the hills around the town of Cañitas on April 17, 2013.
The group of 28 riders wind through the hills along a narrow trail on April 17, 2013.
The pacific coast looms off in the distance and a rider looks on into the Nicoya gulf on April 17, 2013.
Shot from inside the Extremos modified gondola before moving out into the center of the valley on April 17, 2013.
Me, hanging at the bottom of Central America's largest bungee jump on April 17, 2013. The bungee jump at Extremos drops guests 470 feet into the valley below.
Me, setting up for the extreme swing on April 17, 2013. The swing works similar to a giant pendulum, taking guests 295 feet across the valley.
Me, flung across the valley on the extreme swing on April 17, 2013.
Relaxing on the Gondola after the adrenaline rush accompanying the swing and the bungee jump on April 17, 2013.
A man prepares for the first of 15 cables in Monteverde's longest canopy tour with Extremos on April 17, 2013.
Friends don helmets and work gloves while walking on a platform between cables on April 17, 2013.
A tandem group rides in on the third longest cables, nearly 2,000 feet long, on April 17, 2013.
A visitor leaves one of the 24 platforms between cables on April 17, 2013.
A man prepares for the 100 foot rappell from the top of a tree on April 17, 2013.
A view from below as a guest rappels down to the forest floor on April 17, 2013.
A view along one of the hiking trails that wind in between cables on April 17, 2013.
A guest rides with both arms out on the 3,280 foot long superman cable on April 17, 2013.

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