> On closer examination of our cruise itinerary, I found that we are going to Puntarenas, a town in a Costa Rican province also called Puntarenas. I know punta means a point of land or peninsula, but I don't know what the renas part means. But that's not the point of this post.
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> The itinerary lists the stop as "Puntarenas (Caldera), Costa Rica." As any old retired earth science teacher should know,a caldera is a collapsed volcanic cone. They are often filled with water. In several locations, caldera near shore lines have formed natural harbors. The map of Puntrenas Province shows no mention of a volcano or a caldera, although Costa Rica has plenty of volcanic structures in other provinces.
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> So finally, my question is this: Does anybody have any first-hand knowledge of Costa Rica? Would a cruise ship make a stop there so that tourist types can see a caldera? Is there a caldera at Puntarenas?
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> One suspicion is that the harbor around Puntarenas is a caldera. And then it might just be a typo on the itinerary.
> Howard

PS - I will give out stickers for information on Costa Rica.
Howard