On the 18th of June 2015 I visited the Poás Volcano & Botos Lagoon with Island Hikers on a Hiking Tour of Costa Rica! This was my first overseas trip with the local (T&T) Hiking Group and I know I had finally found my lifelong hiking buddies!

According to Wikipedia, The Poás Volcano, is an active 2,708-metre (8,885 ft) stratovolcano in central Costa Rica. It has erupted 39 times since 1828There are two crater lakes near the summit. The northern lake is known as the Laguna Caliente (“hot lagoon”) and is located at a height of 2,300 m in a crater approximately 1.7 km wide and 290–300 m deep. It is one of the world’s most acidic lakes. Lake Botos, the southern lake, fills an inactive crater, which last erupted in 7500 BC. It is cold and clear, and is surrounded by a cloud forest located within the Poás Volcano National Park.

I had actually visited this national park way back when maybe in 2004 with my Form 4 Spanish class at St. Joseph’s Convent, St. Joseph.

I must apologise for posting this late. Now I’m eager to get all my pictures of Costa Rica 2015 posted before my one year anniversary of the tour arrives!

 

I met awesome people on this trip. I had the privilege of bonding with kindred spirits you could say. Everyone was friendly and welcoming and we all had similar interests. This made for fun conversations and priceless memories ❤

Now we proceeded to Poás Volcano.

So on the path from the Lagoon to the Volcano we came across a friendly squirrel. He came out for treats and was really into posing for pictures.

Wikipedia says – Bang’s mountain squirrel is a nearly unknown species of tree squirrel, that only lives in Costa Rica and Panama.

It was a magnificent view. There were quite a bit of tourists up here. Our group got a really awesome group photo. This isn’t our full group maybe just around 70% of us.

 

I have more shots of the crater. 

Nature has become a remedy of sorts for me. Sites like these remind me of the greatness of God, the Creator. An untainted plain, a place where man hasn’t gone overboard with his dominance. When we let nature reign, we can be privy to wondrous views such as these.

 

 

Stay tuned for more of my adventures from Costa Rica 2015.

God bless 🙂