March 17, 2009

Great shot of the San Jose valley!

Standing at Poas Volcano

This was the lake we hiked up to above the volcano

The vacant waterpark, lol!

The Market!!!

We got up early and drove up to Poas Volcano. When we got there it was covered in clouds. We left then decided to turn around a go back when Alexander and Renae pointed out that they were moving. It turned out to be beautiful! It was quite chilly up there and very windy. The views of the volcano were amazing. After lunch we took the free shuttle to the free waterpark compliments of the hotel. It was probably a pretty hoppin' place in it's day, which was probably about 25 years ago!! Hey, we had the whole park to ourselves, what can we say. We got a pretty good laugh out of it anyway. Then we went to downtown Alajua. We went to a department store where Eric picked up some soccer jerseys. Then we went to the downtown market where you can buy pretty much anything, including pig heads! We went to a fabulous restaurant for dinner where they cooked rotisserie chicken and had amazing sides and drinks. It was a great way to complete our last night in Costa Rica!