I hope you all enjoyed that Joe Versus the Volcano reference. We're not ritually sacrificing ourselves for the Waponi people, although it seemed to work out okay for Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, but we are keeping our eye out for a potential delay in our travel.
The Turrialba Volcano, which is in central Costa Rica, has had a series of eruptions over the past few days. It hasn't exploded magma, but the ash has been causing problems with visibility, particularly at the airport we're flying into in San Jose. San Jose is about 40 miles away from the volcano but the ash has reached that far. The airport has had some serious delays and was even closed for awhile, but it's open again now. There have been 4 explosions, causing evacuations within a mile of the volcano.
Originally we were going to leave on Thursday or Friday but tickets were cheaper to leave on Sunday. If we can still fly out on Sunday, then destiny has certainly intervened. That was a good last minute decision.
Scientists are saying that it might erupt again soon even stronger and possibly with some magma activity but who knows. We're at the mercy of Mother Nature at this point. I'd rather avoid magma on this trip if I can. I generally try my best to avoid magma.
Here's a time lapse video of the erupciòn:
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