Puerto viejo de sarapiqui5/30/2023 The last building we passed before entering the park is on the continental divide, so the water on one side of the mountain ends up in the Caribbean, the other side ends up in the Pacific.Despite being land locked between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, Costa Rica has disproportionately large territorial waters, so also has sea borders with Venezuela and Colombia.We then took 90 minutes to drive through the Braulio Carrillo National Park during which we learnt some random facts. These two were particularly bad, slurping the coffee via a spoon and loudly smacking their mouths which hovered at most a couple of inches above the plate whilst they shovelled and sucked in the food. I was vaguely expecting it, but the horror on the Colombians and Mexicans faces at the eating habits of the Chinese was quite apparent. This was similar to those I’ve had every day for the last two weeks except surrounded by a large number of hummingbirds. Whilst looking down into the crater a familiar voice said ‘Hallo’ – it was the two Austrians I’d met at La Fortuna, whilst looking up at the Arenal volcano.Īlthough a sunny day it was quite chilly at the top of the volcano so we were grateful to head down to the base, where we enjoyed a traditional Costa Rican breakfast. The summit is divided into 3 craters, the largest of which contains an extremely acidic lake. It was a slightly hazy day but our guide claimed that it is possible to see both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on a good day. ![]() At 3,432m the walk up to the peak was breathtaking in more ways than one. We then drove up to the top of Irazú volcano.
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