Costa Rica, the 51st state.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Before i start venting about Costa Rica I´m going to update on what i´ve done the last few days.
On Saturday, May 5th (as in Cinco de Mayo), I got a bus to Masaya and connected with another bus to the very small town of Catarina up in the hills about 20 minutes outside of Masaya. Wow, what a great little town! i absolutely loved it. I really didn´t go up in elevation that much from Masaya, but whatever the change in altitude, it makes a huge difference. It was still hot, but bearable. There was also a nice breeze. I walked all the way through town to a lookout point (I had to pay a whooping $.07 entrance fee) that overlooks Laguna de Apoyo-a serene, lush valley with a few buildings scattered around a blue lagoon. i sat there for a few minutes, then took some pics of the scenery and of myself with the scenery behind me using the timer on the camera. I started talking to a woman who works for the U.S. embassy in Managua and chatted for about a half and hour. It was really a spectacular view up there!!
After i finished talking with the woman i walked around looking at the stuff for sale, and it started…i began to shop, but i only got a few small things. I walked back down through the town toward the bus stop and looked at some more stuff, but didn´t buy anything else. When i was almost back to the bus stop i saw a sign on the outside of a house that advertised ¨helados¨ which usually refers to ice cream. i asked the lady how much and she said 1 córdoba ($.07) and i was thinking, ¨wow, that´s way too cheap???!!!¨ and asked for one. she brought out a [read on]