I graduated from college this past Saturday but was unable to attend the
ceremony. Instead I was able to travel to the Poas Volcano with my cooperating
teacher and her husband. They picked me up and we drove there which seemed like
such a luxury because my main source of transportation is walking, bus or taxi.
We drove through the mountains and high up in the jungle. It was very cloudy
that day so there was very thick fog and it was misty. We were not able to get
a clear view of the volcano because of the fog, you have to be really lucky to
get a clear day. The wind would blow the clouds away to the side momentarily so
we could catch a quick view. We looked over the side of the mountain, down to
where the volcano is. It didn’t really matter to me that I did not get a clear
view, I was so enchanted by being at a volcano and so high up in the mountains!
I felt like I was in the middle of a Jurassic Park movie and was waiting for
dinosaurs to appear.
I am hoping that I can also make the trip to the Irazu volcano and
eventually I want to visit Arenal. If I don’t get around to it this time
around, I will make sure to come back and check them off my list. After my
travels here, I have accumulated several more things on my list of “Places I
want to go and things I want to see”.
I also saw the biggest strawberries ever! In San Jose, the strawberries
are minimal size at best and not very popular. But on the way to the volcano, we
were in the city of Alajuela and they grow the strawberries right there
in the fields. Since they are grown in Alajuela, they are of greater quality. There
were several stops along the way that had people trying to sell their
strawberries on the side of the road. It
is extremely common here for people to sell things in the streets; sometimes
they are directly in the middle of the road where there is high traffic.
After the volcano, we went to the Lapaz Waterfall Gardens and I will post a new blog to explain about that amazingly beautiful adventure :)
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