I thought we'd walk to the bus stop this morning, completely forgetting quite how far it was. D'oh! As a result we were dripping in sweat & dying by halfway. However a break with a 'rude' BK breakfast (yes, more Western food!) enabled us to crack on & catch the bus the whole 40mins down the road to Alajuela. Unfortunately, when we got there, none of the taxi drivers knew where our hostel (Casa Tago) was. So we had to wander the streets until we found an I...

We strolled up the road & caught the 9am public bus up to Volcan Irazu (3432m). Unfortunately on the journey up there, the cloud cover starting coming in & by the time we arrived at the top, the views on both sides were blocked by cloud. This was a real pain, as our main reason for going up this volcano was the fact that on a clear day you can see both the Pacific & Caribbean seas. But we took a stroll across to the secondary & main craters, which...