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    Thirteen Secrets about COSTA RICA
   

1. Costa Ricans call themselves Ticos
   

2. Costa Rica was voted as the third best country to live on earth.
   

3. In Costa Rica there are two seasons: The wet season and the not-so wet season
   

4. You can make a collect call (110) from any phone and it’s practically free and almost everyone accepts it.
   
5. You can drink the water here!
   

6. Cash is king, so always, ALWAYS ask for a cash discount!
   

7. One out of every four women is pregnant, yet the population growth is less than 1%.
    8. Costa Rica is the number one country in all of Latin America who imports the most amounts of pesticides for their produce.
   

9. Costa Rica is not at all cheap.
   

10. The saying for the roads goes like this:  There is a few pieces of road on the holes–meaning, get a 4 by 4 if you want to drive on the holes (Costa Rica calls its highways).

11. You do need some spanish to get around Costa Rica.
   

12. If you make an appointment–ALWAYS–be prepared to wait anywhere between 30 minutes to a few days.  They are always late!
   

13. The weather here is truly ideal.

   

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In my opinion a restaurant that says they specialize in Thai food, Indian Cuisine, Chinese food, Indonesian Style cooking and Japanese, has a lot to live up to. We can narrow it down a bit, because with all these options to choose from the chef has forgotten which spice goes where and opted to simply omit all spices.

For the price tag, the food could not only be more flavorful, but more plentiful.

My husband and I took our toddler to this exquisitely decorated restaurant that all of the foreigners, who live in Costa Rica, constantly rave about. They all claim to it to be the best all around. Maybe so, but from the expensive seat that I was in, I could safely say my food at home is more tasty, and I’m by far a expereimental cook.

Also, with the elegant ambiance, this is not a recommended hang out for families with very loud children, i.e. my son. After he finished entertaining himself with the crayons they offer, and had a few nibbles of the bland food, he was raring to go. Gratefully, we were ready for a quick escape as well.

My recommendation, if you’re going to spend the cash, check out it’s next door neighbor–Don Wang.

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