I first came to Costa Rica on December 2011, i was visiting my older brother that lived here since 2010.Well... what can i tell you about Costa Rica...
Costa Rica looks a lot like Venezuela... have the same weather,well so far i can say that, maybe when i finish my first year here i will say its different,but something i can tell you for sure, is that the wind is very strong and the whole day is the same!!!! i cant go out without my sunglasses beacuse my eyes goes dry.
The geography, in San Jose is like Caracas, with a lot of mountains, well... a big diferrence is that here many of this mountains you see, are not mountains, their are VOLCANOS!!!!!! thats awesome!!! i loved that. It kinda give you a extreme way to live!
One of the most important things i have to talk about is... THE FOOD!!! well is kinda the same to the venezuelan, but the names are totally different!!!, for example in Venezuela we have the Pabellon Criollo, here is call Casado. The other day i was in Walmart and i saw a croissant, but the tag says Cangrejo, thats was weird, but is ok :) and another thing in Costa Rica they loved fried chicken, you can see fried chicken restaurant almost in every corner.
The only thing i still not getting use to is the language, ok ok ok is Spanish, but did you know thats Spanish is the most difficult language to talk??? one word can have different meanings depending of the country, for example in Venezuela you call a "friend" a "pana", here is "mae", a straw is a "pajilla" and not a "pitillo" maybe "pitillo" is a bad word... sorry if it is!!!!!! : D.
OOHHH!!!! i almost forgot!! the tourism, Irazu and Poas Volcanos, amazing places to visit, after a short walk you can actually see the volcano's crater, and in Poas you can see the smoke coming out! Then we have Jaco is like Tucacas in Venezuela, but the town i a lot better. The sand in the beach is dark, almost black, i thinks its because of the volcanos. weel this is only the beginning i have a lot to see in this country, like Arenal, Manuel Antonio beach and many other things.
I cant deny i miss Home.... but Costa Rica seems to be a really good place to live!! i will keep you inform about how i'm doing this months to come.
Your blog is so good you are using good vocbulary, you can avoid to use the word kinda when you are writing you can use it speaking... also i think that at this level you are going to be able topo identify some grammar mistakes that i already find there... Keep writing because next week i am going to check your second post...
ReplyDeleteI like you blogs, I realize the beautiful of my countri where the other person talk well about it.
ReplyDeleteI feel very proud of my countrie and hope that you find a second home in CR.
The @ticos@ are very hospitable and warm, I mean, the ticos are friendly.
So, accordign with the places that should visit, I recomend Barra Honda Caverns in Nicoya Guanacaste, its a amazing place!!
I see that you inspired a lot! :)
ReplyDeleteNice blog! is good to know that you feel comfortable living here.
I hope you meet more amazing places! and get a lot of many beautiful memories from CR! my favorite place to go in CR are the hot springs of Arenal Volcano <3 i love that place! I think that living in other country is like star a new life or a different life but is has to be a very nice experience! I hope you enjoy all your time living here! (: