Saprissa!

Saturday night Luis and I went to a Saprissa fúbol game(i.e. soccer). Let me tell you, those Saprissa fans are nuts. We played against Alejuela and beat them 3-0. Wooo-hoo!


Some saddened Alejuela fans mixed in with excited Saprissa ones too.
For the 1/2 time show, there were these drum men, fake kung fu fighters, pretty women and people on stilts.
Towards the end of the game, the enormous suprissa crowds started to become quite exhilarated, and what you see here is a group of fans, sitting in very close vicinity of one another, shooting off fireworks. I think my favorite part of Saprissa though are the jerseys that the stores sell for the average Jose to buy. Due to the fact that they of course have several sponsors, they have to have a logo on the front displaying one of these such businesses. The funny part is that the sponsor they chose to place front and center on these T's is the bread company, Bimbo. So to an outsider, such as the thousands and thousands of tourist that run through Costa Rica each year, it merely looks as if men, woman and children of all kinds are rooting for their favorite team, the Bimbos. Luis and I super stokes at our team winning.

La Feria

About a 15 minute walk from my house on Saturdays takes me to this produce market that sits in the shade of the Saprissa stadium. Normally I am reluctant to take out my camera, or even bring it to such crowded public areas, but I decided it was high time I got some photos of surprisingly one of the only markets in San Jose.

Kate with her coconut...

Yup, people with grocery carts.
The man with the small machete that sold the coconuts.
They actually called these plum sized things soaking in water coco, because they are in the family of the coconut.

Supposedly the flower of a cauliflower? I think I misheard him.

A new vegetable to me(and trust me there are a lot of these, a lot of new fruits too) called yuca. I find it to be similar to a potato, but chewier. It's weird.

Ultimate

Well here's a little taste of Costa Rican Ultimate from when the news people came and filmed us. All I'm doing in it is poaching and smiling, but it's always a good time. Beware though, it's all in spanish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEjXhhf1AMU

La Finca de Mariposas

On mom's last day down here in Costa Rica, we went on over to a butterfly garden near Alejuela. It had lost of beautiful butterflies, but obviously they are quite difficult to photograph due to the fact that they never stop moving. It was a very interesting and educational experience though.
Of course the Monarch.
This ones name is the Sara Butterfly.

Passion Flower.


I think this is the Owl Butterfly, or something.
Two butterflies mating.

It turns out that this plant is a hallucinogenic, and when it's too muggy they close their windows to the building so that the strong sweet smell it emits doesn't "get to them."

Incredible gold pupa of a butterfly.
More pupas.
The pupa of a Sara Butterfly.
Pupas waiting to be boxed and shipped to other countries for educational purposes and more.

Montezuma with mum

This past weekend my mom and I spent our time in a little town called Montezuma on the Pacific side. Besides the transportation issues we were having, it was on of the most relaxing weekends yet. The hotel was amazing, with beautifully hand crafted wood furniture, and hammocks hung between palm trees facing the beautiful ocean view.
A group of seagulls followed our ferry across as passengers threw food in the air at them.

What do ya think Mark? It was way cooler in person, and I didn't get it from the best angle.

Beautiful waterfall we hiked to.
Mom in the water.
View from one of the hammocks at our hotel.
Mum looking tired in front of a delicious breakfast.

A little bird that stole fruit right off the plate.

Formation throughout all the rock.