I hear everyone talking about Costa Rica about visiting VOLCAN IRAZU or VOLCAN Aerenal. I don't know why the tourism industry pushes so much for those places. VOLCAN POAS is about as nicest volcano you will ever see. The kicker is that this volcano is only 1.5 hour drive from the airport in ALAJUELA, Costa Rica. Alajuela is the international airport (Santa Maria) when most people think that the flights go right into SJO or SAN JOSE. This is not the case, and a cab ride to downtown cost 30 bucks for the nine mile trip ONE WAY. You can take a bus to SAN JOSE for less than a buck, right outside the airport. I paid 100 bucks for a taxi driver to take me and the wife up to POAS and he waited for us as we walked around the National Park. It was well worth the trip, and along the way, he stopped in a coffee plantation where we could have a cup of coffee and check out the beautiful area up the mountain. Snapped some good pics. Here they are.

Costa Rica Poas pics.