A taste of Costa Rican Caribbean coast (Examiner)

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A taste of Costa Rican Caribbean coast (Examiner)

Posted by Mateo 923 days ago (http://www.examiner.com)

After about a 5-hour drive through the heart of the country we arrived at our destination in Puerto Viejo. “What do you mean the room doesn't have AC? ...

The town of Puerto Viejo was about a half-mile’s walk down the beach from our cabin nestled in the forest. Dirt roads intertwined and created paths through town. Most of the natives walk or ride their bicycles, and often with bare feet. I thought back to industrial America and back home in Florida where AC isn’t a luxury, but a necessity. I remembered all the cars packed bumper to bumper on the highway during rush-hour traffic. I recalled the countless number of banks and grocery stores I pass on my way to work in the United States. All these aspects so unlike the town I had emerged in that day. The town with few cars, dirt roads, one bank, and scattered privately owned eateries and markets. As I walked back to my cabin-hotel I was left with a strong sense of remorse and a nostalgic awareness of the third world.

At the beginning of my trip I felt sorry for the people in the little town of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, but by trip’s end I felt sorry for us. ...

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