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| Les Pôles des Amériques est
Partenaire de JYSUIS - L'annuaire francophone du Costa-Rica |
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We’ve reached the border, Ulla… ! The border to
Costa Rica… it’s noon… !
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Wake up, Ulla, it’s over, you know it’s 5… 5 p.m…. so we’ve spent 5 hours..
Stop, XL, you’re kidding…
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No, but here our companions didn’t pay.. financial
compensations…(bakchich)…
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Ah ! Yet, with our car, our mobile home, our
trailer, our two companions plus you and me….
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You know, XL, too much administration kills
the administration… !
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I know, Ulla, you already explained to me why
these countries don’t progress : everything is heavy, long, difficult…
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On the other hand, the small Switzerland of
Central America is really the first country as clean as that and they are
gifted as there aren’t any garbage bins in the streets, nor large rubbish
dumpster bins ; you find garbage trucks when you don’t expect them and
the people come to drop their garbage off by themselves… do you realize… ?
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You know, XL, this small country of 51
thousand 100 square kilometers holds 272,000 inhabitants, that’s 84
inhabitants per square kilometer and you know what, there are 30 per cent
of the country set up as a protected area or nature preserve ; that’s
really tremendous for ecology. It’s also full of hills and vales.
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Oh, Rain’s so tiring… ! I’m slipping.. yes, but
it’s only during six months of the year… as of the month of May/June :
then it rains heavily every day….
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But, XL, why do you think this country is so
lush ? And that everything grows here… pineapple, coffee, palm trees (for
their hearts), and all sorts of fruits and vegetables… That’s natural
life… !
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Yes, Ulla, but thank goodness our Gallic makes his own bread himself as
the quality and choice of these are scarce here… they should learn to cook
something else than « gallo pinto » which is the country’s national
breakfast.. rice and red beans, eggs, cheese and sausages and the ceviche
which is fish marinated in lime with cilantro (fresh coriander)… we put
coconut milk into it just like they do in Tahiti…mmm… it’s so good…
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Stop it, XL, you’re too greedy, you know, many tourists come to
appreciate Costa Rica’s ecological outlook regarding birds, butterflies,
monkeys, etc…
And you know, XL, the Gallic’s mother has been living in this country
for the past 15 years, she left Saint Martin and France a long time ago so
she has friends for you… they’re ugly you’d think they were rats…
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Oh, Yes, you’re right, and on top of that they don’t want to play, come
on, Ulla, please bark, so they stop yelping for nothing… it’s so annoying…
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It’s true that Nature is beautiful here, but then the state of the
roads remains to be improved… but what are the politicians of this country
doing ?... Moreover most of the poorer people look a lot like peasants
from the Auvergne province of France, very « boorish », but apparently the
new generations are well educated in the classrooms it seems to enable
this country to evolve, and it needs to… which in the past was left on the
wayside by the conquistadors… as the Spaniards did not find anything
interesting so they didn’t settle and that’s the reason why there are no
beautiful buildings or beautiful church as there are in Mexico for example…
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OK, Ulla, I want to go and see the Arenal volcano which, it seems, is
still active…
No, no, I’m staying at my grandmother’s place to drink the « nacional
cerveza » (national beer) The Imperial… !
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You’re crazy, seeing your size and the bottle of beer… !
After that, I’ll go and
sleep as you’re doing.. |
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My Spanish translator (photograph below ; he’s at the back, to the
right, with his glasses… but not at their place as their parrot isn’t very
pleasant…
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XL, what did you buy this time ??
A bar of chocolate that I paid 500 colons, that equals one dollar,
that’s all… !
OK, kidding aside, you who are reading us, if you love nature, gum
boots, farm and wild animals, tilapia (fishery bred fish used to make the
famous ceviche) and going horseriding nearly everywhere, well, here’s the
country you need to know about, Costa Rica.
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Yes, Ulla, but
thank goodness our Gallic makes his own bread himself as the quality
and choice of these are scarce here… they should learn to cook
something else than « gallo pinto » which is the country’s national
breakfast.. rice and red beans, eggs, cheese and sausages and the
ceviche which is fish marinated in lime with cilantro (fresh coriander)…
we put coconut milk into it just like they do in Tahiti…mmm… it’s so
good…
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Stop it, XL, you’re too greedy, you know, many tourists come to
appreciate Costa Rica’s ecological outlook regarding birds, butterflies,
monkeys, etc…
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And you know, XL, the Gallic’s mother has been living in this country
for the past 15 years, she left Saint Martin and France a long time ago
so she has friends for you… they’re ugly you’d think they were rats…
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Oh, Yes, you’re right, and on top of that they don’t want to play, come
on, Ulla, please bark, so they stop yelping for nothing… it’s so
annoying…
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It’s true that Nature is beautiful here, but then the state of the
roads remains to be improved… but what are the politicians of this
country doing ?... Moreover most of the poorer people look a lot like
peasants from the Auvergne province of France, very « boorish », but
apparently the new generations are well educated in the classrooms it
seems to enable this country to evolve, and it needs to… which in the
past was left on the wayside by the conquistadors… as the Spaniards did
not find anything interesting so they didn’t settle and that’s the
reason why there are no beautiful buildings or beautiful church as
there are in Mexico for example…
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OK, Ulla, I want to go and see the Arenal volcano which, it seems, is
still active…
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No, no, I’m staying at my grandmother’s place to drink the « nacional
cerveza » (national beer) The Imperial… !
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You’re crazy, seeing your size and the bottle of beer… !
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After that,
I’ll go and sleep as you’re doing.. my Spanish translator
(photograph below ; he’s at the back, to the right, with his glasses…
but not at their place as their parrot isn’t very pleasant…
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…crevaison sous pluie battante… |
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Original, this nightclub in the middle of the wild, I’m going to
take a drink nearby in the river…
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Views of San José
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XL, what did you buy this time ??
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A bar of chocolate that I paid 500 colons, that equals one dollar,
that’s all… !
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OK, kidding aside, you who are reading us, if you love nature, gum
boots, farm and wild animals, tilapia (fishery bred fish used to make
the famous ceviche) and going horseriding nearly everywhere, well,
here’s the country you need to know about, Costa Rica.
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Tilapia fish breeding fishery
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Back on the road again..
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We’re off to Panama… but not on horseback…no, no.. !
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Following part of the trip Panama…………
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