San Jose, Costa Rica - updated with PHOTOS
Anna´s entry:
We got back to San Jose after San Isidro stop and before heading out further, and stayed again with a local family, which we wrote about a while back. Carmen has become such a Costa Rican mom for us. Actually, when we got back to San Jose, she herself was in Panama, so she left us the keys to her house, and told us to make it our home. We´ve been so touched by that - can you imagine giving a key to our own house to almost strangers? Staying with Carmen´s family in San Jose has definitely been the most fond memory for me. In many ways Carmen reminds me my own mom, who passed away about 6 years ago... Always kind, generous, making sure we are taken care of, and safe... Carmen introduced us us again to her friends and family members, and asked us to come back again some day, so we could visit and stay with all of them.
Generally, we found people in big cities of Costa Rica be very friendly, helpful, and open to outsiders. In our experience, people in small towns seemed opposite - Rob and I sometimes experienced discrimination being gringos - which we did not feel at all in big cities, such as San Jose, David, or San Isidro.
posted by Rob and Anna @ 5:24 PM
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