During our trip via bus from the hotel in San Jose to the biological center in Monteverde, we took a pit stop at the volcano Poas - one of the largest active volcanoes in the world. When we first arrived, we hiked up to the lookout point and couldn't see anything at all - the entire mountain was enshrouded in a cloud. We decided to try out a second lookout point, but that attempt failed too. Instead, we chose to leisurely walk through and explore the forest trails. There's so much incredible biodiversity here! After about an hour of picture-taking and socializing with each other on the trails we made it back to the visitor center. Walking out of the forest, to our amazement we realized that most of the clouds had cleared, so we ended up hiking back up to the original summit look-out. The site was breathtaking - a huge crater in the earth, with a lake in the middle (one of the most acidic lakes in the world), and a giant plum of white exhaust billowing from the edge of the lake. Apparently this cloud of exhaust is so full of deadly materials that the entire valley in which it floats is completely devoid of life. Luckily, the look-out point is not in the direct line of fire.
No comments:
Post a Comment