Costa Rica – Day 4 – March 19th, 2015

On Thursday, for our last tour, we went to a volcano and two small towns.

The volcano was covered by clouds, but we waited for a few minutes and it slightly appeared. We had more luck at a lake which was also covered by clouds, but it really opened up.

We also went to two towns: Grecia and Sarchi. Below is a description of each:

The picturesque little town of Grecia is noteworthy for its unusual metal church, which is painted a deep red with white gingerbread trim, and is just off the town’s central park.

Sarchí is Costa Rica’s main artisan town. The colorfully painted miniature oxcartsthat you see all over the country are made here. Oxcarts such as these were once used to haul coffee beans to market. Today, although you might occasionally see oxcarts in use, most are purely decorative. However, they remain a well-known symbol of Costa Rica. In addition to miniature oxcarts, many carved wooden souvenirs are made here with rare hardwoods from the nation’s forests.

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