3rd August, San Jose

Woke up pretty early, to good weather. This is the view from the bedroom window. Had good breakfast , Sam liked the pancakes. Ben likes pineapple, Sam likes melon. Obviously Ben was quite happy as he agreed to take a photo to celebrate our 22nd anniversary. 

Good guide up to the volcano , cloudy at the crater  , so walked to lake, cloudy still . Walked back to crater and the mist/cloud miraculously cleared and we were able to get a good view. Bit pongy , that would be the sulpher!

Lunch was at a coffee plantation , gallos Pinto (rice and beans, just for a change) and coconut fudge with coffee for afters .

The guide then showed us around the coffee which was pretty interesting, however the boys choose to go and play in the rain. Once the tour had finished we bough some coffee and got the boys to try some from the restaurant . Sam is now a coffee convert and keeps making coffee when it is available in the room.

 

Then off to go "shopping"i.e. buy some souvenirs from the local souvenir shop. Sam found something he wanted pretty quickly, but there were some other interesting things to see.... I guess , i.e. ox cart wheels which get highly decorated and are now a world heritage artefact... apparently.

Dinner was in an Argentinian restaurant down the hill from the hotel. Not cheap but very good steaks. £130 for the 4 of us . Off to bed and we were due to be up very early the next day to go to Tortuguero.

New experience: viewing a volcano crater lake or handling a massive machete?