Buenos Aires, Talamanca mountain chain

This week I have been to the cordillera de Talamanca in the southern part of Costa Rica. It was a 3 day excursion of my Petrology class. Our base was in Buenos Aires (there are many famous city names for small towns, even Venice exists here too), a town which is basically surrounded by huge pineapple farms. That is local economy. The famous mountain chain of Talamanca starts north of it. There you will find also the highst mountain of Costa Rica, the Chirripo with an altitude of more than 3800 m.
In this area arent vulcanoes what makes it kind of unique for Costa Rica since there are lots of them in the north. Hardly any geological information about the area makes it also interesting for any geologist who likes to explore. Few roads are the reason for that, it is very difficult to enter the area and getting to remote places is either impossible or requires a decent amount of pacience and time. Still, we spent most of the time hiking and identifing rocks on the pathes which exist.
Interesting are the native villages which are along the trails through an incredible beautiful area. Tropical fruits of any kind, fantastic butterflies and a satured green landscape with just some little forests up on 1000- 2000 meters bring you in an enthusiastic mood.
Mid- april is also the start of the rainy season which hits Costa Rica first in the south. Thunderstorms develop in the early afternoon and are followed by heavy rainfalls. Roads and trails change quickly into creeks then what makes hiking to a wet adventure.
We spent the nights back in Buenos Aires, hanging out in the local bars which usually turn into Karaoke places for the locals after 10pm. Typical local songs but also rosty ones, like "greek wine in spanish" made the locals and us students laugh.

PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE TOMORROW!