Greene, H. 1987 29 July Tough suspension for the stretch from the coastal (continued) main highway up to here - a very rough road, with some fine views of the Golfo de Nicoya. Saw several Ctenosaura similis basking on trees on the way up. Visited Patricia and Michael Fosdan briefly before dinner. 30 July After a leisurely wake-up and breakfast, we went to the cloud forest preserve. Along the road I saw several adult Sceloporus malachiticus basking on old dead fallen trees. We walked from x 10:30- 14:30 h, except for a break for lunch at "The Windows" - where there was a spectacular set of views to the Atlantic and Pacific slopes. We couldn't see the coasts because of clouds. Weather alter- nated overcast, thick fog, and sun, but never really rained on us. Only herps I saw were two another species. Shaggy moss, ferns, epiphytes of all types, and liverworts everywhere. Several streams and waterfalls, and even one spring. Overall impression was of more dark green stuff than at lower elevations, and of less exposed dark - there is a virtually continuous, soggy, living layer in this forest. After returning, I photographed an adult Bothrops lateralis that Bob Jewett found on his motorcycle seat next to the pension yesterday. 31 July After breakfast we went down the road