Travel Day

Today our goal was to drive across the country to the North Pacific coast, and we decided to take the opportunity to see parts of the country we hadn't been in before. This was most definately the scenic route, and the slightly less than 200 km trip took us nearly 7 hours.

The sample of road to the left is fairly representative of most of the drive, with deviations being only those of slope, and degree of curve. We had weather ranging from hot and sunny to black clouds and torrential downpours.

I found Volcano Arenal fascinating. It is an active volcano, and if the weather is right you can see the hot lava blowing out of the top. Today the top was in clouds, but the lush green vegetation on one side and black barren surface of the other were enough to make me plan to go back with a camera during dry season. Mum, of course, has seen Mount Etna erupting, so she was not as impressed.


We drove around the lake and then out to the coast. On one side of the mountains we were in a rainstorm, then over the top and into sunlight. In the shot on the left, we are still under the dark clounds, but you can see the light on the valley below.

We are now in Playa del Coco, and will be taking the next few days to map out the itinerary for the rest of the trip.