Our second day started early, as they all have. We got up with the sun, so about 7 am we started our preparations to go to the volcano. The local bus was leaving at 9:20 from the main road, a quick 15 minute walk from our B&B. So quickly after breakfast we headed bak to our cabin where we realized that we had managed to lock ourselves out. We got some help getting in like a burglar, but the only thing we stole was precious minutes before the bus departed... So some of the preparations was left on the counter when we left for the bus (read: the food).
So off we went and managed to get to the bus stop, the first telephone booth after the yellow bridge. The bus arrived and we were finally on our way to Vulcan Poas. From where the bus stops at the top it is maybe a 20 minute walk on a concrete road to get to the view you see in the picture to the right.
We all agreed that it was worth it!
We also wanted to see more of the area so we took the walking path that continued in to the bushes. The walk had squirrels to the childrens' delight and some beautiful flowers and green moss on the trees. Half way in to the walk we got to our destination, Laguna Botos.
We met some nice people from Venezuela on our way back. They were on their vacation from Merida. I have spent almost 3 weeks in Merida, and the conversation went on to good memories from 1997 and my first trip abroad.
Since we did not manage to bring our own food, we had to buy whatever they had in the cafe. Which were not much, I can tell you. Muffins, baguettes (ham or turkey & cheese), chips and cakes. In addition they of course had soda, water and coffee. For me this resulted in a muffin and some chips without cheese.
The bus ride back went by quickly since we had our new friends to chat with. The end of the day was enjoyed at a local restaurant in Alajuela, called Coffee Dreams Café. They did have some variety of vegetarian food like the one I had which was a spinach pie. Not sure if they had cheese in it but it felt that way.
We got back to the B&B by taxi, before darkness, and ended the day with planning our next travelling, south toward Manuel Antonio National Park.
We all agreed that it was worth it!
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| Laguna Botos at Volcán Poás. |
We also wanted to see more of the area so we took the walking path that continued in to the bushes. The walk had squirrels to the childrens' delight and some beautiful flowers and green moss on the trees. Half way in to the walk we got to our destination, Laguna Botos.
We met some nice people from Venezuela on our way back. They were on their vacation from Merida. I have spent almost 3 weeks in Merida, and the conversation went on to good memories from 1997 and my first trip abroad.
Since we did not manage to bring our own food, we had to buy whatever they had in the cafe. Which were not much, I can tell you. Muffins, baguettes (ham or turkey & cheese), chips and cakes. In addition they of course had soda, water and coffee. For me this resulted in a muffin and some chips without cheese.
The bus ride back went by quickly since we had our new friends to chat with. The end of the day was enjoyed at a local restaurant in Alajuela, called Coffee Dreams Café. They did have some variety of vegetarian food like the one I had which was a spinach pie. Not sure if they had cheese in it but it felt that way.
We got back to the B&B by taxi, before darkness, and ended the day with planning our next travelling, south toward Manuel Antonio National Park.
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