Whoopee Pie
Happy New Year 2026!
We visited the La Paz and the Botos waterfalls yesterday (New Years Day 2026). They are both an hour or so from our house and a pleasant drive over the hills and through some nice towns.
The Botos waterfall is at the left, about 300 meters from our lunch spot, the Soda y Mirador Cinchona. Excellent casados and patacones. You can watch the waterfall and an amazing variety of birds from your table.
This is the La Paz waterfall, it is right by route 126 and a short distance from the Poas volcano.
The waterfall is massive, and drops about 40 meters. You can walk on a path behind it, but you have to slip and slide on a greasy path crossing a small stream with a short drop into the cataract below the falls. Actuaries caution against this viewing opportunity.
More birds!
We saw a violet sabrewing, which is a huge (as hummingbirds go), about 5″ – 6″. The music video shares a few of the birds we saw while we ate.