This Costa Rican Life, Act 1: The Culture


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McPinto, anyone? Typical Costa Rican breakfast. Lunch. And sometimes dinner. yay wall murals More photos of sunrise from the 11,000-foot peak of Irazu volcano. Turrialba volcano is erupting in the distance. More photos of sunrise from the 11,000-foot peak of Irazu volcano. Turrialba volcano is erupting in the distance.
beware of crater. It's deep. More of sunrise towards the east Turrialba volcano again
above the clouds radio towers clouds toward the east Turrialba volcano again, because it's so awesome
misty wind-power.  Not just a quixotic idea. Costa Rica is some 99.8% powered by renewable energy. Mostly hydroelectric. Cerro de la MUERTE! Death Pass. Or slightly dangerous hills. I'm not sure which is a better translation. sunset over the Hills of Death. Looks kinda nice for such a morbid name. Incidentally, we saw people crossing these on foot (on the road, of course) from the southern parts of Costa Rica to visit the cathedral in Cartago, as is shown in the following photos.
August 2, the pilgrimage to Cartago, to see La Negrita. This photo doesn't show the MASS quantity of people that walk from where they live to the Basilica cathedral, but there are some million people that visit it around this time. OK, there's the masses. At least a million, some said 2 million... And there's the Basilica
And there's the people tired of walking two entrances... one to enter on foot, one to enter on knees OK, these next three photos are impressionistic, attempting to capture the nausea and near panic I had at the sheer mass amount of people surrounding me and nearly suffocating me.
once we were this close there wasn't such a mad crushing crowd.
looking back at the plaza entering on knees (Carisa Blowers)
Under different circumstances I would feel a little irreverent taking photos at a religious place. there were plenty of people snapping photos, though. And there she is, "La Negrita", Costa Rica's ?patron saint? (sacred religious symbol?), the object of all the pilgrimage.
Exit First aid, for people with blisters, aches, and pains from the long walk, dehydration and other stuff. There are also rest points along the way giving out snacks, coffee, sweet-water, and other more commercialized stops you can make. I saw on the news that at some places there are people to give you a massage to ease the muscle pain. That would have been nice but I didn't see any of those places.   
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Description: A collection of various photos I've taken over the past few months, of Costa Rican cultural events and the land
Location: Costa Rica

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