On Sunday I woke up early to join Queta and Humberto at the Ferria, the morning marketplace of fresh produce... We loaded up many bags of fruits & vegetables... Afterwards we drove out to Cartago to visit the Irazu Volcano National Park... The drive was quite incredible, as we journeyed up a winding mountainside road, and could see the entire cities of Cartago and San Jose... We stopped at a restaurant in a pueblo near the summit, to have some good Gallo Pinto... The owner noticed that me & Humberto were quite the "Chileros" and gave us a free bottle of his custom Mayan recipe... Afterwards we continued to drive further up the mountain until finally we reached the entrance of the park...
When we got to the park, we had to suit up, since it was pretty windy and chilly... We did a little bit of walking, but it was not long until we reached the summit and were looking down and into the amazing crater of the Irazu... The volcano's crater has an unreal greenish lake that makes for quite a mesmerizing sight. We walked along the railway taking many pictures... Afterwards we stopped in on the souvenir shop, yet did not buy anything... Looking back at the whole thing, it took us an hour to get to the top, and an hour to get back, and we weren't even in the actual park for more than 30 minutes... Yet it was still worth the sight...
Afterwards Humerto took us to through the amazing landscape of Paraiso, to see the Cachi reservoir and dam, where we had some good corn and sugar cane... and then to the Valley of Orosi, where we crossed an old hanging bridge, and had an amazing close view of a riverside... We stopped in on a nearby restaurant to have a round of Imperials... Afterwards we drove back to San Jose to drop in on Oscar & Gabi's house. They were having a birthday party for Laura... So we had coffee, ate some good sandwiches, some good caramel cake, and sang happy birthday to Laura...
On Sunday I woke up early to join Queta and Humberto at the Ferria, the morning marketplace of fresh produce... We loaded up many bags of fruits & vegetables... Afterwards we drove out to Cartago to visit the Irazu Volcano National Park... The drive was quite incredible, as we journeyed up a winding mountainside road, and could see the entire cities of Cartago and San Jose... We stopped at a restaurant in a pueblo near the summit, to have some good Gallo Pinto... The owner noticed that me & Humberto were quite the "Chileros" and gave us a free bottle of his custom Mayan recipe... Afterwards we continued to drive further up the mountain until finally we reached the entrance of the park...
When we got to the park, we had to suit up, since it was pretty windy and chilly... We did a little bit of walking, but it was not long until we reached the summit and were looking down and into the amazing crater of the Irazu... The volcano's crater has an unreal greenish lake that makes for quite a mesmerizing sight. We walked along the railway taking many pictures... Afterwards we stopped in on the souvenir shop, yet did not buy anything... Looking back at the whole thing, it took us an hour to get to the top, and an hour to get back, and we weren't even in the actual park for more than 30 minutes... Yet it was still worth the sight...
Afterwards Humerto took us to through the amazing landscape of Paraiso, to see the Cachi reservoir and dam, where we had some good corn and sugar cane... and then to the Valley of Orosi, where we crossed an old hanging bridge, and had an amazing close view of a riverside... We stopped in on a nearby restaurant to have a round of Imperials... Afterwards we drove back to San Jose to drop in on Oscar & Gabi's house. They were having a birthday party for Laura... So we had coffee, ate some good sandwiches, some good caramel cake, and sang happy birthday to Laura...
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