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β§ Arenal Volcano β§
Arenal Volcano is a stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica, in the province of Alajuela. It is within the Arenal Volcano National Park. The volcano is conically shaped with a height of 1,633 metres (5,358 ft) and a crater with a diameter of 140 metres (460 ft). Arenal is a young volcano, estimated to be less than 7,500 years old. The vo...
#CostaRica #Alajuela #Arenal #TabacΓ³n #Earth #Wikipedia
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My brief visit to #CostaRica, my mother's birthplace, almost 30 years ago, was at the start of the #ecotourism trend described in this article, and was nothing at all like the author's experience.
We stayed in #SanJose, but I did visit the #CloudForest (and a river tour and my then third #volcano, #Arenal). It is a beautiful country.
The #ferns especially struck me as #primeval; I imagined dinosaurs eating or wading through them, they were so massive.
#link: https://www.travelandleisure.com/eco-friendly-hotels-in-costa-rica-8382645
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I don't understand "risk takers", probably because I've always known horrific things can happen to me, and anyone.
I've been to the crater rim of Mount #Vesuvius, watched Mount #Etna erupting at night while sailing between the #Scylla and #Charybdis, stood at the base of a cloud-shrouded #Arenal, and driven into and walked around inside of La #Soufrière, so I'm not 100% risk averse.
But allowing civilians to visit a #volcano that erupted twice in the six previous years is criminal negligence.