Tropical forest tend to be difficult to photograph. Not only are they very dark, pictures tend to show just green green green. So I will be unable to give you a real feel for what a hike in this deep forest is like. The interesting ribbon-like vines are called monkey ladder. The green of the forest is occasionally relieved by color even in its depths.
Hummingbirds flit about.
Fungi Hot Lips Within the tropical forest, life is densely packed. For example, plants live upon plants live upon plants, as with these epiphytes below. Some plants try to protect themselves, as with the palm with spikes below. The orangish-red flower below is ginger, a very common plant in Costa Rica. Lizards search for insects among the rocks and the doves search in the litter on the ground.