After my fancy dinner I headed back to my hostel because it was dark.....so, my hostel is very....hmmmm.....how can I put this, basic! There is a twin bed in my room, a closet, night stand and table.....but then again it's only $15 a night for a private room and bath. I ended up watching TV and meeting 2 girls from Canada. Turns out we'd pretty much been to all of the same places and are heading home on Tuesday. While we were chatting we realized that all of us were going to check out Volcan Poas on Monday! Perfect! We'decided to go together! :o)
This morning I slept in the latest I've slept in Costa Rica.... all the way till 8!!!! I hopped in the shower and then met up with the Canadians to head to the bus stop! The ride to Poas was pretty....we drove up hill through coffee plantations and saw some small little towns. Poas is about an hour from Alajuela and is about 5km from the nearest town. There is only one bus to and from Poas daily. When we arrived at 10:30am the bus driver told us that we would leave at 2:00pm....perfect!
I decided to wander around on my own checking out the gift shop and relaxed with a hazelnut capaccino (sp?). Afterwards I decided to head to the volcano! I made the short walk to the top but was disappointed to see that it was covered with fog.....hey, I'm from the bay! I know about fog....you just gotta wait it out! ;o) So that's what I did and it paid off! I was able to see into the crater and see the pool of water inside of it! I wasn't able to see the so called stunning aqua/teal blue of the water but at least I was able to see it!
Next I took the trail to see the Boto Lake near the volcano. The walk was eerie and beautiful at the same time because the trees covered the sky and a mist covered the path....I'll have to post pictures when I get back tomorrow! When I got to the lake it was covered with fog and no matter how long I waited it wasn't moving.....so I decided to continue along the trail to the visitor center with the 2 Belgiums I met on the bus. :o) We made our way back slowly checking out the trees and plans for any frogs....no luck! :op
When we got to the visitor center we had a few minutes before 2 so we headed to the bathroom. When we got to the parking lot at 2 we thought we were early because the bus wasn't there.....but neither was anyone else! We decided to walk down to the main entrance....maybe we'd misunderstood where to meet. When we got to the entrance the lady working it said that the bus had left already!
We were really starting to worry because that was the ONLY bus! We asked the lady what we could do and she said we had to walk to 5km to the nearest town and try to get a taxi (fat chance! I haden't seen ANY taxies as we drove up! As we were talking to her a small jeep was exiting the park and we flagged the driver down. We told him what had happened and asked him if he could drop us in a town.....he told us he would drive us all the way to Alajuela! Turns out he is a teacher in Costa Rica and teaches English! The Belgiums were both teachers too!
So, I've officially hitchhiked now....lol.....I guess a trip to Costa Rica isn't complete unless you've had to hitchhike! ;o) Now I can come home and say I've done it all! :o) See you all very soon! :o)
Thanks for following my adventure! When I get home I'll try and update my blog with pictures! :o)
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oh my gosh! I can't believe I almost forgot! So, on my last night in Manuel Antonio I decided to meet the girls from Denver & Dallas at the Mariposa Hotel to go swimming wand watch the sunset. The sunset from that hotel is suppose to be one of the top 1000 things you need to do/see before you die....who knew! ;o) The sunset was pretty but the main highlight was seeing the sloth!!!! A sloth came down out of a tree and was hanging onto the glass fence! It was sooooo cool! We were able to get really close and I got some GREAT pictures! :o)
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