Once upon a time there was a city that had no names for it's streets. Honest!! San Jose, Costa Rica did not a name for any street in 2011. Consultants advised that tourists find this troublesome, so they devised a good system of all streets go north and south and all aves go east and west Odd numbers on the north and east. This system can be adapted to fairly quickly. Before this advancement, addresses were given as the name of some landmark place and so many meters north or south etc. San Jose has a population of about two and a half million. None of the locals can read a map like most people can not read an electrical blueprint. Yes the police and fire dept used the old system, and may still. Most streets are one way. Here there are only two cross walks total, so pedestrians do not hamper drivers turning right. They have adapted well to that.


Clear plastic bags of coins in the doorway of the bank.....


Tropical Latin plumbing does not include a separate pipe and such for hot water. Just one water. This thing it supposed to heat the water as it comes out the pipe. This devise is everywhere but the upscale hotels. It sporadically brings the water to lukewarm and goes to cold for no apparent reason. It is evil. Cannot be used without spontaneous bursts of profanity

I greatly enjoy your report. Keep it coming and keep snapping the pics.
So, did you pick up one the the leftover bags of coins? They were just extras?

Mac

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I know its not fun at the time (words like for f##ks sake come to mind)But funny from a distance,great report as always.

That's hilarious - an electric water heater in a showerhead?!?!?!? that doesn't work, so you grab it to get it to work?!?!?!?!

Even funnier, is thinking of you screaming and cussing . . . . .

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Looks like a great trip! I flipped through a few pages and will go back and read some more.
Where are you heading from San Jose?
I did the same ride as yours about 8 years ago...on a bicycle! Wish I was on your adventure instead of procrastinating in my office at work.
Via con dios!

Went by to see him and told him you were having a blast. Keep the photo's coming. I have my Nazi croch rocket in the warehouse doing winter maintances. Front/Rear brakes, new back tire, new grips and accellarator cables to name a few things. Take care.

Here for further serendipitous enlightenment. A selection of evil devices at the local hardware store.


Costa Rica is not cheap. 1000 equals $2us. The fast food places are busy


At the market where the locals eat..... this was about $4us Another place about $3us


Traffic is a Latin New York kinda thing. I could not (nor can anybody else) walk the streets without people constantly bumping into me. No offence was meant by this. No one stepped to the right but rather wandered, wavered and decided at the last moment. The system I developed was to walk as if I were in a real hurry and people did not mind such at all. A sunday stroll results in being pushed aside. Stop to be courteous and be pushed aside. Lots of buses on narrow streets and going quite quickly. Caution is necessary. Watching right hand turns near the farmers market where people stand in the street to sell their stuff is an entertaining contest of wills. Yes, that is a Harley.

Still trying to master navigation on this site. Thanks for reply yesterday. Bob

And they never hook up the freakin' ground wire. Every time I use one of these things I look at that green wire dangling. Only been shocked once, though.

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Surprising who you meet. This guys father,as an infant, was hidden in a shoe box so the Nazis could not find him. At that time, my father observed that he would likely die before getting home and resolved to see how many men he could kill first.


The Blind Pig Blues Band did such a good job on Hoochie Coochie Man that I almost got a tattoo on my left arm, so I could hang it out the window while driving, ....in a gaudy, bright multi colored longhand script.... HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN. Not sure why I didn't.


Bill's girl friend was singing, so a bunch of us showed up to support her/him. Tongue in cheek humor is..... "she has such a nice smile". Bill payed for the dental work. Bill does not like 'face recognition technology' on the net.....


Sometimes it is big work for me to not complain long and bitter about struggles walking across town..... This guy had a better attitude.

I spoke to Bill, who gives every impression that he would be comfortable negotiating with Mafia crime bosses, and it was decided that the World SuperBike race in Australia was not on tv in Costra Rica. They have every channel from every provider. I paid $4.20 for a small Red Bell and did not bat a eye.($2.20 almost every where else on earth) Hotel, restaurant, bar and bordello, they insist every costumer is is provided with all the warmth, charm and since of well being that money can buy.


I found myself it a ...... shoestring store.


I paid her about $1.50 to pose for this picture.


He was so dismayed that I would not see his homeland , Peru, that he presented me with a gift, a necklace...