Comments on: Feeling At Home In Costa Rica

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:54:39 +0000

Nice to see you posting again Erin.

I personally could not give up chocolate. I have a huge sweet tooth for sure.

I’m contemplating the future purchase of a machete and loin cloth to properly complete the visual.

Be sure to get some pictures of that machete and loin cloth so we can also take part in the visual

By: estarla

estarla — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:56:24 +0000

You’ve succeeded in making my mouth water. After Europe (already planned in September), Costa Rica will be my next destination!

By: Oscar Zamora

Oscar Zamora — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:20:09 +0000

Hun, you are becoming a tica at heart (where it matters most) at a speedier pace than you realize.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:01:38 +0000

I just finished eating dinner, but you’ve successfully made me hungry again. I’m going to have to go to Costa Rica just to try all that food.

By: Troy Spier

Troy Spier — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:04:32 +0000

Mmmm…guanabana. I’m glad you’re having such a great time in Costa Rica - it’s nice to see my Irmatica really happy.
However, you are wrong about something…

…Epcot totally pwns the Zapote feria.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:24:28 +0000

I don’t think the food in CR is that great to be honest. I’ve lived with a family and I’ve travelled the country extensively … unless I’m in a western-oriented restaurant the chances of having rice, beans and some sort of meat are … very high. Three times a day.

PS. Your flickr photos on the side are going horizontally in Opera instead of dropping down under each other.

By: Fabi

Fabi — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:28:05 +0000

HI Erin… Your new webpage design is great!! the colors and the way you change your stuffs make a difference… The new “gringuitica style”

By: Fabian Rojas

Fabian Rojas — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:54:44 +0000

Con respecto a la variadad de comidas, es cierto que CR no tiene muchas combinaciones, como escribio Ben, pero una verdad absoluta es que la variedad de frutas y verduras y la facilidad para conseguirlas en CR es sorprendente tal vez el muchacho tuvo mala suerte en convivir con personas que no supieron explotar ese mundo de sabores que es Costa Rica.

Como decimos en CR. SALADO je je je

I can read, but I can’t write in english sorry

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:03:07 +0000

@Sean: I’ll be sure to do that.

@estarla: I feel like a broken record, always extolling the virtues of Costa Rica, but it really is the most beautiful, wonderful place I’ve ever been!

@Oscar: Well, thanks. But being a tica at heart and being accepted by the average tico are two different things, unfortunately.

@Josh: You know you’re welcome!!

@Troy: When you come here, I’ll take you to the feria, and we’ll see how you feel about that!

@Ben: True, Costa Rica doesn’t have a lot of typical foods and most ticos don’t use tons of spices, but the fruit & veggie selection (as Fabian R says) is incredible. Being a mostly-vegetarian, that’s amazing for me!

@Fabi: Thanks, baby! I’m glad you like it.

@Fabian R: Sí, estoy completamente de acuerdo: a partir de gallo pinto y unos platos más, no hay mucha comida tipica. Pero me encanta la variedad de frutas y verduras y, sobre todo, conocer a nuevos! (p.d. Me encanta tu avatar!)

By: Fabian Rojas

Fabian Rojas — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:35:19 +0000

La carreta típica je je

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:24:46 +0000

Hey, I’m enjoying reading your posts… and I’m so happy you’re so happy! Can you please e-mail me back sometime? We really need to catch up about 6/16, and I’m kind of wondering where you’ve gone to!

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:16:37 +0000

hey lady bird. i miss guaba so much, but i miss you more. your website looks awesome. i knew i was used to CR when i walked up a hill and saw a man cutting grass with a machete and i said buenos dias and didn’t blink.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:18:44 +0000

Frankly, that picture of that food lokos like a GIANT bug to me, and therefore grosses me out. I’m sure it tastes lovely though…..

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:46:34 +0000

@Sarah: I will email you as soon as I get my computer back, promise!

@lisa: I miss you, too! And I’ll eat some guaba, granadilla, guanabana, and all the other goodness for you. Gallo pinto, too. Come back soon!

@Linda: Haha, hush up, it really is good. And un-buglike. You know me… my mouth wouldn’t get anywhere close to something that even slightly resembled a bug!

By: Carol Reyes

Carol Reyes — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:04:00 +0000

Hola desde TIQUICIA!!! Si todavía tienes planes de venir a nuestro país, te ofrezco mi ayuda. Hace unos días atrás vi un FORUM donde pedías que te brindaran más información acerca del vocabulario que utilizamos los TICOS para comunicarnos, por lo que hoy te escribo. NO sé si estás interesada en volver a COSTA RICA, sin embrago te extiendo mi mano amiga y te deseo todo lo mejor para tu vida.

By: Kathie in Limon

Kathie in Limon — Sun, 13 May 2007 14:53:46 +0000

My name is Kathie. I`ve lived in Moin a pueblo 4 miles north of Limon for 8 years.I have a 2 bedroom house on the beach which I purchased for $18,000. I`m sure you`ve been warned about coming to Limon, drug capital, crime capital, blah, blah…on and on. If you really want to feel as though you are in a foreign country, come to Limon. All that talk is racism..pure and simple. It`s because we have the Highest concentration of blacks, their ancestors brought here as slaves hundreds of years ago from Africa or the Islands, jamaica, Haiti, etc..; highest concentration of Chinese, brought here centuries ago to work on building the railroads, and, of course, the highest concentration of indigenous people, descendents of the 3% of Indios that weren`t killed by the Spanish when they invaded the country. Columbus discovered Costa Rica in LIMON! If you want to discover the real history of Costa Rica, you must come to Limon. My phone number is 795-3815. Call me. We can talk more about the real roots of CR. East coast,laid back, Caribbean, purely tropical, multi cultural, with better food. It`s a a wonder to behold. Me gusta Costa Rica, pero me amo Limon. Con mucho gusto, Kathie .

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:57:49 +0000

It does have loads of drugs and crime. I don’t know if it’s the capital or not but it’s got a well-deserved reputation for it. It’s very indiscriminating though - the drug addicts and other assorted scum come in every colour, gender, shape and size. I never got the feeling the crack addicts and thieves were primarily black.

I lived in Limon for a month, much to the horror of my Tica family. Generally the people there are nice. I’ve gotten drunk and karaoked with the locals at a dive called Casa Blanca (near Mas x Menos) a dozen or more times and had loads of fun. They even had some Australian music which I butchered quite well. But at the end of the night I’d catch a taxi the two blocks to my hotel.

Limon is a very small town though, with more than it’s share of bad people, all of whom have nothing better to do than wait around outside your hotel, or the restaurant your eating at, or the bar you’re drinking at, or the supermarket, or whatever else, to ask or rob you for money.