Hotel Turrialba

Es kam ein langer Tag im Auto, ueber acht Stunden....um wieder in der Naehe von San Jose zu landen....beim Vulkan Turrialba und Vulkan Irazu. Der Vulkan Turrialba ist aktiv - er raucht die ganze Zeit vor sich hin - ein wunderbares Bild. Untergebracht in ...

... ; nothing very exciting though. At 6 o'clock, Ron our guide, called a emergency meeting to tell us that the nearby volcano Turrialba, had been put on a high state of alert and we could be asked at any moment to evacuate the hotel. During that afternoon, ...

Today we departed from Manuel Antonio and headed to Turrialba, where the whitewater rafting business is headquartered.  We could have gotten the rafting company to pick us up in San Jose, but it would've required waking up 2 hrs. earlier, so we opted ...

... and not hear my watch alarm!  The irony of all of this is that we, note I said "we", decided to stay overnight in Turrialba so that we could sleep in later to go rafting the next am, than if we had spent the night in San Jose.  BIG ...

... to meet up with Bonnie at 845 we were on the first bus from Orosi to Cartago around 9. After wandering around looking for the Turrialba bus stop we found that the bus didn’t leave until 11 so we had a couple of hours to burn in Cartago. According ...

... the volcano at the present time. It is actually the least visited volcano because it is so difficult to get to. Back in Turrialba, we checked into the interamericana for another night while we waited to meet up with our friends. that night we visited the ...

... looked pretty frisky and one started galloping towards me! Fortunately the rider was skilled and brought it to a halt! We then followed the road for another few miles back down the hill into Turrialba where we found a nice little Pizzaria for ...

National Geographic rated the Pacuare River, not far from Turrialba, as one of its top 10 river trips in the world. However, as they failed to mention the canal tour in Copenhagen and Harling to Roudham on the Norfolk Broads we thought it was best to ...

... Just like we planned, right? Over an hour later, we were still in the jeep climbing the mountain. As we left the streets of Turrialba towards the highlands, JJ seemed a bit concerned. As we got to the farms at the base of cone, JJ seemed bewildered. As ...

... again! I forgot to check for an Adam's apple. From crossdressing to crosscurrents!!!! Saturday morning, it was off to Turrialba, home of Costa Rica's baddest assed rivers, to spend the day rafting the beautiful Lower Pacuare River. The Pacuare is one ...

We packed up the car and headed to Turrialba for some canyoneering, white water rafting, and rapelling. We had an awesome hotel overlooking the valley. Many, many coffee plantations and mountains as far as the eye could see. The town was pretty much your ...

... we had a great view down to the Pacific coast; take a look at the video! On the way back down, we got a view of Turrialba volcano, with 3 gas plumes coming out of the crater. Unfortunately, the road to the volcano was closed. We stopped at a local finca ...