I am on the road and I see a Costa Rican police car with the flag of China on it, and I wonder: is Costa Rica really independent? Last weekend (September 15th) Costa Rica celebrated 197th years of independence from Spain while at the same time early this month La Nacion newspaper announced that population
I wonder if ticos and expats understand each other, most likely, they don’t. Both of them look at each other through the prism of their idiosyncrasies. Expats try rationalize tico behavior and culture through their past experiences and culture, through the customs of their home country, and with a sense that “we know better”. On
