-Mother’s Day is August 15th and is a national holiday.
-On August 2nd up to 2,000,000 people will be making a pilgrimage by foot to honor the Virgen of Los Angeles. That’s almost half the population of the country!)
-McDonalds here “McPinto” for breakfast… beans and rice.
-Also, McDonalds have “McInternet” which gives you a free half hour on line with the purchase of a combo meal.
-There is no self-serve gas in the country.
-If you want to install a phone line in your house, the wait for a line can be up to two years.
-All bars and liquor stores in the country are closed on Election Day and Good Friday.
-Just a few miles from here, the average annual rainfall is 312 inches.
-On the hottest day of the year we have temps around 88 degrees. Our coldest night of the year - about 59 degrees.
-For obvious reasons, homes do not have furnaces or air conditioners.
-We have very few mosquitoes. We don’t even have screens on our windows!
-On Wednesdays the movie theaters in the country all offer 2 for 1 tickets.
-Some movie theaters have VIP seating – leather recliners with waiters who serve almost anything you want, including sushi!
-Costa Rica has the third highest per capita accident rate in the world.
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