{"id":64,"date":"2008-12-29T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anirama.com\/costarica\/2008\/12\/29\/64\/"},"modified":"2008-12-29T21:00:59","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T05:00:59","slug":"64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/trip\/costarica\/64\/","title":{"rendered":"Poas Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poas Volcano is in a cloud forest, so the last half hour or so of the drive is through dense mist.<\/p>\n<p>Once at the volcano we were given the choice of a half mile walk up a fairly flat road from the Visitors\u2019 Center to the crater, or a more interesting hike through the cloud forest to get there. Eric, Kevin and I opted for the hike, and Sarah\u2019s wisdom lead her up the gentler path.<\/p>\n<p>The three guys, having chosen the path less traveled, ended up on a pretty rigorous two mile hike at 8800 feet of altitude, with no acclimating beforehand. Not knowing that half the hike was a pretty steep and steady climb, I blasted out of the gate \u2013 regretting that strategy about half a mile later. We got a nice view of a smaller crater up higher, but the main crater was buried in a cloud when we finally arrived there.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Sarah had had a jolly walk to the main crater, seen it in its splendor before the clouds covered it, gave up waiting for us and strolled back to the bus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Botos Lagoon by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3183202460\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3490\/3183202460_101c26cac1.jpg\" alt=\"Botos Lagoon\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Botos Lagoon. This is the small crater up higher than the main one. The view lasted about 2 minutes though a hole in the clouds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Poas Volcano Crater by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3183202640\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3365\/3183202640_0256a3a934.jpg\" alt=\"Poas Volcano Crater\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s what the main crater looked like: a cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures from our hike through the cloud forest:<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 333px;\"><a title=\"Cloud Forest Fungus by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3182366389\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3452\/3182366389_85146fda4e.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Forest Fungus\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fungus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a title=\"Cloud Forest Flower by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3182366597\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3475\/3182366597_a82c8e0250.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Forest Flower\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers. Sorry, I don&#8217;t know what type they are.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-caption\" style=\"width: 333px;\"><a title=\"Sombrilla de Pobre by r o s e n d a h l, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/3183203076\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3340\/3183203076_cb6953f46e.jpg\" alt=\"Sombrilla de Pobre\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sombrilla de Pobre, or &#8220;poor man&#8217;s umbrella,&#8221; is the common name for this Costa Rican plant &#8211; for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poas Volcano is in a cloud forest, so the last half hour or so of the drive is through dense mist. 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