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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSpending my last day in Costa Rica today
I'm in a small hostel getting ready for sleep after a few birthday beers. (I'm 66 today). It's been a fun two weeks.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)Hope you enjoyed CR, I've always wanted to go there.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)DFW
(54,594 posts)I've never been down there, but friends have told me it's a very nice place to be a tourist. Supposedly corrupt as all hell with lots of payouts and bribes if you want to settle down there (so I was told, anyway), but just a joy to visit for a few weeks, as you never have to deal with corrupt bureaucrats.
Paladin
(28,303 posts)Beautiful country, boring cuisine.
Major Nikon
(36,828 posts)Granted I stayed at an all inclusive resort, but the food there was locally sourced and pretty diverse.
Paladin
(28,303 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)on every menu. I did grow tired of it as it was the cheapest and I ate it daily. Sitting now in the LA airport waiting for my flight to Tucson and then the long drive home. I loved Costa Rica but agree about the cuisine. I guess I'll have another overpriced NB airport beer.....
Paladin
(28,303 posts)We were there earlier in the year. And as it happens, I too turned 66, shortly after we got back.
Kali
(55,042 posts)how did your place do in the rain this week? heard SV area got 3 inches. we got 2+ nice and slow over 24 hours but all the washes have water now.
and a late HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
panader0
(25,816 posts)remind me that I still have a leak in the roof (that I can't locate).
I love what the rain does for the vegetation. Costa Rica is so green, I'm sure the jungle would overtake everything quickly if it wasn't constantly cut back.
I'll bet your cattle are happy.
Kali
(55,042 posts)been watching the FB posts of a young person friend of the family who has been trecking around South America the last few weeks, lots of gorgeous jungle (and desert, and beach) photos. post some pics if you get the chance!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)a kennedy
(29,838 posts)But I'm in Dakota, Mn, nothing as gorgeous as Costa Rica. Just the Mississippi River. So again HAPPY BIRTHDAY.....
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