They won't let me get any closer - this volcano in Costa Rica just got active! |S6-E37|
The volcano is erupting, that's why they closed it for a few days, you can't enter Because this is because it's active right? Yes, that's how you see it. The ash from that it's burning Good morning Internet, it is 7:30 in the morning and welcome back to the channel Welcome here in Costa Rica. Today is really going to be my first proper ride in Costa Rica So obviously I'm quite excited about it Um.. but before I go anywhere I'm gonna scout for some food.. for some breakfast Right, my first Costa Rican breakfast Whah, it look really good This is some sort of.. I don't know, bread type thing
Rice, egg, avocado. Oehhh Okay, I'll quickly show you on the map what the plan is for today And then I'm gonna start riding because every minute I stay longer here, it's just getting hotter and hotter Let me see. So this is Costa Rica This is the border here with Panama This is the border with Nicaragua And so in the last video, I crossed the border here and now I am in Cahuita Over here and today the plan is to ride to.. good question
Somewhere here, just a.. a little bit east of San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica There are a few volcanoes over here And that's where I want to go today and so that will be about 200 kilometers ride I just returned the key.. back to.. the people of this place Oh yeah, to the left I'm leaving already! You are already going? - Yes Thank you very much - I wish you all the best, may you have an excellent journey! Thanks ma'am, bye! Just gonna.. ride past the beach Playa Negra which means the black beach Which I already noticed yesterday It's a black sand beach Some good waves for surfing around here as well It's just that the road goes a little bit here past the beach so.. Why not Oh That's why I have a bashplate Uh.. what's better? Probably just here Whooh Where is this leading to? What a good start of the day! Right? This continues.. oh no maybe not
Maybe not such a good start of the day I think I missed the trail This is a.. dead end Oh no, that's a river No then.. this is a dead end then I think Confused Maybe down there It's closed I don't know.. I'm not sure Find another way A lovely.. morning ride What do you say? I am liking Costa Rica already It's a steep climb up here Loose.. stuff
Yee haa! Oh this is really quite fun to ride Oh That is looking.. a little rough up ahead Ah, that's fine Oeh, sort of Totally fine No problem, no problem Got it, got it Got it, got it, got it Whah.. see, you don't even see that it's slippery or anything And uh.. my rear tyre just goes Kind of drifting while going straight That wasn't really the plan Um.. this way.. oh Right into.. the thick jungle so it seems Um.. oh
This is not good The.. the gate's closed 'Cause I don't think.. down here is an option No, definitely not Uh.. this is locked, locked Could try to go around but.. maybe there is a reason it's locked It's also not very easy to get around this Oh.. back we go
I have to find another way Turn around first In this slippery mud Oh yeah.. this again And this one again A better line Well, believe it or not But it's actually getting cold now I'm climbing very quickly. I am now at 2200 meters altitude And I'm quickly climbing because I'm now riding basically up the volcano Turrialba.. Turri..llab
Turrialba. Yeah, that's it's name So it's all up, up, up from here Oh. It's also.. quite a narrow road which you can see Here we go Volcán Turrialba That's the one Wow, you can just see how the vegetation changes very quickly as well I'm now at 2600 and the temperature dropped massively I think I might even have to put my rain jacket on Kind of keep the wind out Out of my jacket 'cause the wind is piercing cold I did not expect it to be this cold here, to be honest I thought ah..leh Maybe a little bit but uh..
The differences are massive I also wonder what kind of plants are growing here Look at the size of those leaves Look at those leaves. They are.. over a meter in diameter Massive. Here these ones as well Can anyone tell me what this is? Look how big there are They're also there some insects.. eating..
..The leaves Wow. Obviously, I feel like I'm in Switzerland Not sure why Excuse me Thanks It's okay Don't be afraid Panoramic view of the Turrialba Volcano With the seismic potential to generate earthquakes of magnitude.. between 6 and 6.2. Wow The cone with an age between a hundred thousand to a few thousand years Grew on an older caldera and shares with Irazú Well, unfortunately there are some clouds You can see it a little bit That's where the volcano is. I am getting very close now Pass! - Hello! There are these signs saying evacuation route Which is the one that I'm riding So.. I think.. when the volcano erupts And the people here have to evacuate, this is the route that they have to take So this is the road to the volcano but I'm just reading this sign Saying that.. I have to get permission at Hacienda Central which is
Here, I think So let's see if I can get a little bit closer The Hacienda Central is closed? What, the restaurant or to enter to the volcano? - To enter Yes, because there is an eruption The volcano is erupting, that's why they closed it for a few days, you can't enter Ah, it's active - Yes, it's active. That's the word Yes, so last weekend they closed it We can only appreciate it from a distance! Aye yeah yeah Because it's beautiful! - Yes! Because this is because it's active right? Yes, that's how you see it. The ash from that it's burning But here it's safe.. it won't..? - I don't know, but I think it's better that we go now Like danger.. danger for the town maybe not, but still.. better to go away for a little It goes up to San Jose.. - The ash? - Yes
Wow Yes, because the volcano surely has directed ashes towards the capital many times Really? - Until the airport of Santa Maria - Wow The ash came until there on some occasions Okay, so you can see that, that smoke on the top of the volcano, that's not a cloud.. that's actually smoke coming from the volcano So uh.. yeah, it's active at the moment That's why I can't continue Further up Yeah, I'm just going to ride back a little bit This is some sort of guesthouse I think Hello! This is part of your property? The cabins are yours? Ah Do you have space? For one night? Yes, of course - Yes? Ah, very good. Perfect To stay there? - Yes, to stay for one night. Is that possible?
Yes Yeah, yeah I can stay here. He just needs to.. clean it But he said you can follow me and then.. go wait there While he does the cleaning Thank you This is it, I think. Oh, that's so cute So there is the volcano, there is Alaska and here is the cutest little house ever I'll give you a tour The fire is already on because tonight it's probably going to very cold And I got some cooking equipment I got a.. a shower over here.. bathroom And then the bedroom is up here This is where I'm going to sleep tonight. They lent me a sleeping bag Which is great and they also offered me to show me around the farm a little bit So I said yeah So let's have a look there Come, come, come! Does it listen? Oh, it's coming It's like a big dog Ah, it's running. What's his name?
Salvatore - Salvatore Come, come Ah, it's quite a big donkey Oie You can pet him if you want Oh - Most of them are very small - Yeah And here are all the ladies. Yeah, when I arrived over this road, I was behind the cows They were walking on the road here They were just coming - Yeah But they come back themselves.. or not? When the milking is over, the guy just opens the gate and they go by themselves And after he is done washing everything, he goes and only closes the gate in the pasture Ah - They go alone - They go alone Nice - They know where they are going - Yeah, yeah What's the breed of cows is this? - Jersey - Jersey And some of them are Brown breed from Switzerland - Ah right They are beautiful You know, actually when I was riding here and I was behind the cows, I was like Somehow I feel like I am Switzerland.. I said that Yeah - These one is Brown.. Swiss Brown breed Yeah We used to have the bells and everything - Oh right, yeah But it's very difficult because of the lightening, they hit.. when they have the bells - Oh
They can get hit.. - Struck by lightening - Yeah Oh right I didn't know that Oh, they're been milked right now.. ah yeah Have you ever been to a milking farm? - No This is the first time The pumps work.. they are like a..
Like.. how do say it? Vacuum machine - Oh right, yeah It's the same thing - Yeah They work with air. There's lights everywhere up here Yeah - And the milk travels through the central tube Oh, through pipes there - Yeah Those ones It's like a closed circuit - Yeah And we close like that - Oh.. wow, yeah And how many liters per cow, more or less per day 20 kilograms per day 20.. - Kilograms Kilograms. You don't measure in liters? It's.. 1 kilogram is 1 liter - Is 1 liter
20 liters per cow, per day.. wow Hey sweetie. Oh, you're so cute I want to take you on my motorbike Wanna come with me? I've seen somebody.. somebody carrying a cow on the back - A cow! Oh.. are you.. oh.. get a massage Hey Why does this one have this thing in his nose? Because they suck in the other.. They're not drinking milk anymore but they try - They try Yeah, they try to - Ohh To.. drink from them so
That's not good because it can get infections and diseases - Ah So we put that on It doesn't hurt or anything, it's just there It's like a clip on Feeding them it means less milk Going on the trucks so - Yeah That's why - Yeah And Jersey.. Jersey males don't work *inaudible* Okay. There we go. Cheers Some warm milk - Cheers Oh, it's good! It's weird.. it has more taste
It has a lot more taste.. yeah! - In my opinion, the milk we get from the supermarket tastes like water It has too much processed. They take away that makes good from the milk But like.. raw milk like this.. how long does it stay good? Without..? - One week. Tops Do you also make cheese? - We used to and we are gonna make again We're getting started with it again And I'm back in my little hobbit house. I just put some extra wood on the fire
I was getting really cold now outside so I think It's going to be a cold night down here That was so nice that I got a little tour on the farm here It's seems a little bit like a random place to stay but I passed it on the way trying to get up to the volcano So I knew like.. oh, there's something here and Yeah, now I'm staying here so it's quite nice And they also told that.. so now they just closed down the volcano To get back up there And they do that regularly they say Um.. the last big eruption was in 2010 So just over 10 years again Or no.. 12 years ago already
And that was a big eruption and then they told me that for months on end nobody was allowed to enter this area And all of that And then in 2015.. 2016 was another relatively big eruption So on that side of the volcano it's all burnt forest So everything used to be green but on that Side is where most of the debris and ash and all of that the volcano spewed out Came down so that forest completely burnt So yeah, that was it for today I really hope you liked this video If you did, please give me a big thumbs up, subscribe down below And then I'll see you in the next video
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