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Driving along a meandering road through scattered rain forest in the Cordillera de Tilaran, north central Costa Rica I came across these signs. I stopped to see whether they gave directions or were advertising. I couldn't really tell, but it didn't matter. I just followed the road.
What concerned me was that I made it back to San Juan before dark, because this road meandered at an elevation between 3,500-ft to about 5,000-ft and after the sun sets, and sometimes during the day, when the temperature drops after sunset or at a higher elevation, the very high dew point forms fog, bringing the visibility down to almost zero. These conditions are locally known as cloud forests.
I was warned by an expat on the aircraft on the way to Costa Rica not to drive in it, but I got caught three times, twice at night and once during the day. At night, one couldn't see either side of a two-lane road.
On this day, later after dark, on the way back to San Jose, I followed a truck, about 25-ft behind it, and I lost the taillights. They just disappeared. I drove through the dense fog at about 10mph or less, because I didn't want to drive off the road. After what seemed like an eternity it started to clear up after the road went to a lower elevation and I made it back.
This picture was taken on 5 December 2004,
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Comments (26)
jayfar
That's a frightening situation to find yourself in. Here in the UK we have 'catseyes' in the middle of the road which help a lot.
rocdan
sounds very scary ,,,and the sign is just a wealth of information "NOT" GREAT SNAP
inomminate
nice image
lyron
Great capture!!
Richardphotos
in the 60's, I was driving north of Cheyenne,WY and the fog was terrible.a car past me driving very fast.as soon as it past a car came out of the fog.I tried to look down the cliffs, but since I could not even see the road, I continued on my way good you made it safely.some people act like they have a death wish driving fast in fog
Dreamingbee
yes - you can see such things here to .. great photo and perspective
erlandpil
good picture erland
farmerC
Fantastic.
Faemike55
one of those stomach-tightening times in your life - WOW Great capture and narrative glad you made it safely
dbrv6
Great capture. Really sharp nthats some disturbing driving.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. Scary situation to drive in such conditions. God Bless.
UteBigSmile
Ein toller Schnappschuss ist dir hier gelungen, also da wäre ich total aufgeschmissen!!!
emmecielle
Great capture! :)
bazza
Interesting info signs I wonder if they are overgrown now as they didn't look that great back in 04. Fog I hate driving in it..
drifterlee
Cool shot!
jocko500
i heart would be beating fast lol. cool image
bobrgallegos
Awesome capture and scary story!
auntietk
I'm sure there's information there, but I have no idea what it says. Maybe something about a garage? What a hair-raising story! I would have been in the passenger seat with my eyes closed, on the theory that dying while relatively relaxed is better than screaming while flying off a cliff. (It seems to me we may have had this conversation before! LOL!) Besides, there's nothing I could do to help at that point, so you're better off if I'm not gasping in fear every 30 seconds. :)
angora
scary!!! glad you're still among us! -hopefully? ;-D - sounds like horror! wonderful capture!!!
nefertiabet
Cooles Plakat und Foto!!!
flavia49
fantastic image
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE! GREAT CAPTURE!
MagikUnicorn
Unique capture
mariogiannecchini
Great capture!!
danapommet
Too much information is better than none but some English signs might have helped!
junge1
I think most of the information was advertisement!