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Last week Heidy and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and try finding La Paz waterfall gardens near Volcan Poas. About year ago an earthquake struck and the road had been closed down for months. We heard that it recently opened and decided to jump on the scooter and go. The day was beautiful and after months of rain. My scooter had no problem going up the country roads and climbing the mountain until… We reached the part of the road that had been closed after the earthquake. While the road has been reopened we found ourselves driving further into the clouds and deeper into a mud pit. After about two kilometers driving in out of the mud we found our selves in a particularly ugly section with no view of paved roads ahead. We decided to turn back.
After coming down to the next town we asked about another route. We were given directions for a short cut that would put us on another road up the mountain. This road took us through beautiful vistas of coffee farms and cloud draped mountains. And, of course, terrible roads. We were going either straight up or straight down and bouncing along the whole way over potholes and poorly patched pavement. The view was of jarring beauty while the ride was just jarring.
After about four hours of driving and about 45 miles passed we reached our destination. Once there we decided that we were rather late and could not quite justify the steep entrance fee for such a short stay. So, we found another place nearby without an entrance fee and went to have lunch. After passing sometime in the park we turned around and headed home, this time that was a little more direct, only an hour and half.