Farm fishing - Poas

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Remembering a trout fishing sign on the upper slopes of the Poas volcano we headed out for a Grayson fishing trip. We hesitated briefly after surveying the road but headed down what ended up being a horrible road even for Costa Rica. After about 1.5 miles of descending down a steep, deeply rutted driveway we reached a beautiful finca. The owners seemed shocked when they saw gringos in a rental car. We think they were shocked we made it down the road. The farm had an incredible view and it was the perfect temperature. The couple that ran the place spoke zero English, but we managed to get directions to the fishing areas. They pointed to the backdoor so we just roamed their land and found the trout pond. Grayson caught a few trout…the fish were so small we just released them back into the pond. After fishing we went back to their house/lodge/restaurant. They did not seem to want any money so we ordered drinks out of guilt. We had three beers, 1 chocolate milk and fished for a couple of hours. The grand total = $4.55. We couldn’t figure out how they made enough money to live. Grayson knows how to ask for the bill so it’s a ritual for him to say “La cuenta por favor”. The lady smiled so big and was so happy Grayson was able to speak a little Spanish. We left the beautiful farm and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch. The food was absolutely delicious!

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Photos

cabina
One of the cabins on the farm property

Road into farm
there are no pictures of the REALLY bad parts because I was holding on instead of taking pictures

fishing in the trout pond
the pond was very small but Grayson enjoyed it anyway

horses #2
zoom picture of the horses

more horses
encountered these horses on the driveway when leaving

lunch spot
Cute litte restaurant where we had lunch. There was also a play area and a walking trail at this restaurant

Comments

[Ginnie]

I love your updates and pictures! Thanks for always taking the time to do it! Love, Mom

[CR Pura Vida 2007]

glad you are enjoying them
we wanted to update weekly but it didn't work out that way .... got lazy

[Lydia]

Call me when you get back
The countryside is beautiful. Sounds like you will be returning sometime soon? Not sure I would..lol

[CR Pura Vida 2007]

Return to CLT tomorrow
Hello Lydia! Yes we are returning tomorrow. There were rolling power outages here tonight so the thought did cross our mind to just stay! hee-hee