culture
pops
It’s been almost a month since the last post. I don’t even know how long it’s been since my last post. Longer than a month, for sure. So I’m jumping back in here. There’s really only one ice cream chain here in Costa Rica. Pops. Some ticos pronounce like you would in English and some [...]
Beggars
…People peddling small trinkets or the disabled are allowed to get on the bus and ask for money. “Why in the world do they allow this? Is this allowed? The bus driver lets him on…why?” …
The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round
I’m beginning to realize more and more of how culture is like a set of lenses, or glasses, that you look through in order to see the (your) world. For all my life there have been 3 categories of buses in my mind…all with distinct characteristics and purposes. There’s the school bus, used for transporting [...]
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