We left consumerism in the dust to explore the real Costa Rica

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We left consumerism in the dust to explore the real Costa Rica

Posted by Souley 1057 days ago (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com)

It was that tone that advised us to hitchhike down CR's eastern coast towards Puerto Viejo...When you cross the border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, you can pay a seven-year-old the equivalent of 50 cents to go get your passport stamped. The boy makes a small commission and you never come in contact with an agent of any sort.
It's just the way it is.

So we're in CR with absolutely no idea of how to get to our desired destination. We'd cabbed to the border deciding just to wing it -- a decision that sometimes works, but other times leaves you amply sampling the national beer in a border cafe, after being told that the last bus to Tamarindo left four hours ago.

But, imagine yourself in this border cafe, amidst coconut-cracker wrappers and hombres con bigotes, suddenly overhearing the words "Guaranteed the Rays will dominate the Sox in the ALCS," coming from behind....

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