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Cruz de Alajuelita
Today we hiked to the top of the 6500 ft. Cerro San Miguel (St. Michael hill). Our apartment sits at 3500 ft. So, this was a 3000 foot ascent for us. At the top of the hill is the Cruz de Alajuelita, and an incredible view of all of San Jose.This 27 meter (88 feet) tall cross was constructed over 70 years ago and can be seen throughout the entire San Jose Valley. It is the third of three crosses you pass on your way to the top.
It is only five miles from our apartment (as the crow flies), but, it took 7 hours to get there and back. Much of this had to do with the fact that we went with 10 people and had to take four buses in our roundtrip.
At the top our group sat on a grassy saddleback between two beautiful valleys and had lunch. What a great day!
Posted on January 26, 2008