Belly bags on boys are common and cool. Really.
Everything goes in the fridge – cereal, sesame sticks and salt. Oh, but wait, no need to put eggs and milk in the there though. No lo se…
All the Ticos are wearing the same cologne. Not sure what it is, but it seems unique to this place. Interesting to note: there are three Colombians I’ve met that wear unique colognes. And Rigo, a Tico, wears is own scents too.
No need for strollers, car seats or Baby Bjorns here. Just grab baby and hop on the bicycle side-saddle. Footnote: heat, rain, bumpy buses…I rarely hear babies crying here.
If you surf you must show bum crack. Even if you’re a chubby surfer. Eew…there aren’t many chubby surfers, but eew for the few.
I don’t think my legs have ever had an all-over, even tan. Yes, safety first, always with sunscreen.
Snot rockets, way too common here.
No traffic lights here. Por que?
No street addresses either. I live at “cerca de Super Joseth, adentro doscientos metros, casa con la luz loca.”
Nicole can use her feet like hands. Uh huh, she can even open stuff.
Ticas let their toenails grow long, ah yeah, like finger nails, and then they paint them like finger nails, too.
I’ve yet to see an apartment or house with a closet, like with a door where you can’t see the stuff inside.
Open containers allowed – YES!
Beer on ice es muy bueno. Taza con hielo?
The doctor in the local clinic is not a Gyno, but he’ll offer to give you an exam anyway. Or, you can wait for the gyno to come once a month.
The gringos get charged extra for things – cab rides, internet usage, storing your surf board under the bus, copos (snowcones) on the beach…
The lifeguard on the beach is only pretending to be a lifeguard. The guys that want to watch your car are only pretending to be parking-watch attendants.
All Tico houses are decorated with plastic flowers. Interesting considering there is an over abundance of flora and fauna in this country.
Dating formula = want to’moke a joint? + want to have a beer? + let’s go to my house for make dinner, + you want me to make you a masaje?
No matter your color, size, shape or nationality if you’re a female every male WILL say hi, hello, hola chica, hola guapa, hola Linda, hola preciosa, hola tita, hola Hermosa, hola bonita, hola Chiquita, adios (adios is also used as hello here)…yadda yadda yadda
The fascination with shellacked fauxhawks makes everyone look like iguanas.
Cold showers are the norm, but the guys are all horny and the girls are all pregnant.
The pharmacist, usually a 20-something girl, gives you your diagnosis then prescribes your meds over the counter.
Waiters and store clerks wait by your side while you pay your check and/or shop the store.
Rainy season hasn’t been as bad as people made it out to be.
Quiksilver and Billabong are the equivalent of Armani and Louis V.
We’re surrounded by beaches and mountains, but the crackheads live in the cemetery. Crackheads.
Nicole thinks I’m funny.
No lawnmowers. Everything gets weed whacked, even the entire soccer field.
Europeans don’t tip at all, Canadians tip only a few cents more than the Euros, half of the Americans here take the guide books so literally that they don’t tip at all and the other half make up for the first by being generous, hard working, likely in the service industry people, and tip enough that you might actually make the rent that month.
I'm sure there will be more to come...
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