Monday, August 31, 2009

INBio Parque and Irazu Volcano

First a correction on a previous blog-the mall is called Paseo de las Flores.

Saturday we went on our first field trip.  We met at 8:00am and went to the INBio Parque in Heredia.  Side note: the address is 400 meters north and 250 meters west of the Shell Service Station in Santo Domingo, Heredia, or 2.5 km east of La Valencia on the road to Heredia.  The park was pretty cool.  Our guides spoke in spanish but I understood most of what they said.  The park had several different areas with different types of plants and/or animals.  They also had a butterfly garden.
USAC students
After this we went to lunch at a restaurant where the walls and ceiling were covered with business cards and notes.  Here we had a traditional dish called "casado" (married).  This dish usually includes beans, rice, salad and meat.
After lunch we drove up to the Irazu Volcano.  It was very foggy but the clouds cleared for about 1 minute while we were there and I was able to get a picture.  The weather at the top was very chilly and off-and-on rain.
before the fog lifted
Volcan Irazu
area where there is no growth, only volcanic ash

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