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Another long day...
Sep. 30th, 2010 06:30 pmWe were supposed to go to the Pacific coast this morning, to the beach, but the recent heavy rains apparently made all of the major arteries going that way impassible. So we replaced today's program with the one for tomorrow, in the hope that by tomorrow, the roads will be open. If they're not, well... that bridge will be crossed tomorrow.
The rain was intermittent throughout the day, and by the time we got up to the Paós volcano, the fog had not yet burned off, so we saw nothing except a gray mist beyond the edge of the observation deck.
We visited a coffee farm/plantation after that (Doko, if memory serves), which was actually pretty interesting. One interesting fact I walked away with was that about 70% of Costa Rican coffee is exported to the United States, where most of that amount ends up in the hands of the folks at Starbucks.
After lunch, Galina and I visited a mariposeria, or butterfly hatchery, that's located at the facility.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at a woodworking factory (Sr y Sra Ese SA), which was also pretty interesting, particularly from the standpoint of how labor-intensive the process is of making all the souvenir knick-knacks one sees on sale all over the place.
* * * Today is International Translation Day.
I was vacationing.
This is a good thing.
Cheers...
The rain was intermittent throughout the day, and by the time we got up to the Paós volcano, the fog had not yet burned off, so we saw nothing except a gray mist beyond the edge of the observation deck.
We visited a coffee farm/plantation after that (Doko, if memory serves), which was actually pretty interesting. One interesting fact I walked away with was that about 70% of Costa Rican coffee is exported to the United States, where most of that amount ends up in the hands of the folks at Starbucks.
After lunch, Galina and I visited a mariposeria, or butterfly hatchery, that's located at the facility.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at a woodworking factory (Sr y Sra Ese SA), which was also pretty interesting, particularly from the standpoint of how labor-intensive the process is of making all the souvenir knick-knacks one sees on sale all over the place.
I was vacationing.
This is a good thing.
Cheers...
