In the jardin botanico (botannical garden) at CATIE.


Have you heard of passion fruit? This is the flower on the passion fruit tree. It gets its name "Passion Fruit" from the passion of Christ (not the Mel Gibson movie). Each part of the flower represents something regarding the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.


Not sure what this flower is called, but the grasshopper was ginormous!


A small alligator on the CATIE campus. We were lucky to see one, normally they are camouflaged under the surface.