general information about Monteverde online at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteverde
http://www.moon.com/planner/costa_rica/mustsee/monteverde.html
http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cID=69
compare Monteverde reserve to Sta. Elena reserve
Monteverde http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cid=402
Sta. Elena http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cID=428
read some travel stories about Monteverde
http://www.traveljournals.net/stories/22015.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/duke_schewe/vision_quest/1099328400/tpod.html
commercial information about Monteverde Costa Rica