Oh my gosh, I went to an active volcano today! It was so fun! I could literally hear it rumbling the whole time! Just wait til you see the picture! Gosh, you will be so impressed with my photography and the beautiful sight I was able to capture!
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Introducing, Volcán Poas. Click on it for full effect.
That's the main crater! Can't you see it?
What? It's too foggy? How can that be?! I never expecting there to be fog on a rainy day at 2 miles above sea level!
Okay, I'll turn the sarcasm off. I really had a wonderful day trip today to Volcán Poas. It was just a beautiful area, way up in the mountains and with some beautiful vegetation straight out of Land Before Time. The bus ride was easy and we were literally up in the clouds the whole time. Of course, in typical Costa Rica fashion, the weather ruled today and we didn't get to see into the main crater (although it was smoking and rumbling today, which is neat!). But one of the smaller ones, a dormant crater with a sulfur lake we did see, and it was lovely.
Course, though, I think the most of what made it a great day was that Maggie is a great travel buddy and we played in the gift shop and walked as fast as we wanted and accidentally color-coordinated our shirts with our umbrellas. Here is her pointing out this lovely wooden carved chair with built in leather cup-holder and adorned with "Costa Rica" engraved on all the leather parts. Sold for U.S. dollars, of course. Perfect for your second carry-on on the airplane.
We tentatively discussed trying to get to all the major volcanoes in Costa Rica over the weekends, so stay tuned!
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