More Facts About Costa Rica

By BobbyRica | December 14, 2009

After delving into the Caribbean travel and exotic vacation spots in Costa Rica, here are some more factoids and rather strange information that you should know about the country:

* Apparently, broken hearts are an epidemic in Costa Rica as graffiti of big golden hearts with cracks on them all over walls of the street. Unfortunately, they’re not singing songs of My Chemical Romance while doing so. At least, not that I know of.

* While touring all over San José, you may notice kids running without footwear or slippers. These kids are actually made by their parents to run across the region and beg from money from tourists and other people. Unlike the vendors, they do not sell anything but they just put out their saddest face in order to draw sympathy from other people and force them to give money to the children. However, some of the families of these children are really broke and are in dire need of financial assistance in any way or manner. This might become a problem to you because you won’t be sure whether these children are deceiving you or not.

However, unless you are comfortable in not giving away your money, there is a way to remedy this, but it is advisable for you to only do this in a public setting. Once a child approaches you and asks for money, invite them to a place to eat, perhaps at a nearby restaurant or food stand. If they are really desperate to eat, they will take your offer. Before eating with their children, always remember to not bring these children inside your car if you have one or touch them in any way because you can be misconstrued as a sex offender.

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