Top Ten Oddities About Costa Rica

Here are the top ten odd things about this country that indicate you are no longer in the States.

10. Hardly any buildings have air-conditioning. Actually most are open to the outside with a roof just to keep the rain out.

9. Bus stops on the side of the freeway. Not on the access road ON THE FREEWAY. Right on the shoulder. If you need a bus just stand on the shoulder of the freeway and whether or not there is a stop there just flag down the bus you need. It will stop in the right lane and let you on.

8. Every sidewalk here just like in the States has to have those disabled ramps. But the sidewalks are so bad here that all the wheelchair bound types go right down the road and avoid the sidewalks.

7. I estimate that taxi cabs make up 10 to 20% of cars in this country. You can never look at a street without seeing at least one and I have counted 28 parked on one block.

6. The grocery store comes to you. Every morning a guy drives buy and sells eggs out of his truck, later here comes the fruit and veg guy, then the milk guy and lastly the meat guy. I just sit outside and buy what comes down the street. And the prices are cheaper than going to the store and the produce and eggs are fresher.

5. When two cars collide, law requires that neither vehicle can be moved at all until the police and insurance adjusters are at the scene and have completed all the paperwork. Can you say 5 hour traffic jams?

4. The word for pedestrian and target are the same in this country. Personas a la pie are fair game here.

3. The doors to the public restroom are open so people walking by have a clear view of the urinals. And the cleaning lady (always seem to be a female) that is cleaning the bathroom will just come in and start cleaning even if there are guys in there "availing themselves of the facilities.

2. McDonalds tastes worse than the States, KFC is better, All pizza sux cause no one knows you are supposed to use high gluten flour to make the crust, Quiznos is about the same. See here for info on Taco Bell.

1. At 7am every morning, all Costa Rican radio stations play the National Anthem, and many play it again at night. Why did we stop doing this in our country?