The next item in the provincial series, we end up today in Alajuela. In this part of Costa Rica is also Palmares, but I will concentrate more on called the northern part of the province, San Carlos.
Capital city Alajuela (pop. 46.554)
Area 9,757.53 km2
Population 716.286 (2001) Density
73 / km2
The most important city in the north of Alajuela is known as Ciudad Quesada, San Carlos also. The soccer player from San Carlos had this year, unfortunately, suffered a bitter defeat at the season finale against that accursed Saprissa. Following the road through the town further north, one comes in a very, and I mean very very rural part of Costa Rica. Its proximity to the border with Nicaragua to the north, we come here to many immigrants who try their luck in Costa Rica. In this area lived and worked the Alejandra, we have already delivered from time to time. Very interesting here is that really the undisputed national sport of football has received in recent years as a rival. After the Nicaraguans are very enthusiastic baseball, the football field ever between games will be equipped with bases and other purposes.
With the Arenal and Poas volcanoes are two of the most famous in Alajuela, the Poas has a diameter of 1.7 km one of the largest crater in the world. The Arenal makes for interesting tourist especially its high activity, which occasional sightings of lava flows makes it possible. On the north is the Park Caño Negro, not a national park, but still very diverse. Supposedly, this park is particularly interesting because it has not developed as much tourism as the majority National Parks in Costa Rica. Such a tour in Monte Verde may lose much of its charm if you must share it with the Gringobussen. Technically Sarchí
is still quite interesting, I have also been reported, when there Fabi had a presence. There is the largest Costa Rican ox-cart, and thus the world and there are still many family-operated wooden workshops. "Culturally" must surely be called or the Fiestas Civicas of Palmares, Costa Rica not to be overturned.
The North Alauelas embodies for me, along with the South, a bit of the "traditional" Costa Rica. As the tourist influence, especially in the far north, still quite low is, the rural lifestyle yet receives relatively strong. Here you will have to wait and see whether, for example Caño Negro intends to use its tourist potential, or to put on "real" environment. According to Alejandra's stories, working in a school that one could almost be compared to Los Pinos, there are difficulties in this area great education. In particular, the Nicaraguan immigrants to put their experience is not much emphasis on the education of their children, which is often a disadvantage of this aspect.
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