Kid Friendly Costa Rica!
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First and foremost who in Costa Rica doesn’t have a kid! And if they don’t have one yet, there’s one on the way. It’s contagious. Even us ex-pats are multiplying like bunnies down here. My husband and I have made a sport out of counting the amount of pregnant women we see on the street within an hour. On average I’d say eight to ten. So you can understand how great Ticos (friendly acronym Costa Ricans use for themselves) are with kids.
Being that I was an extremely self-absorbed, self-centered teen myself, seeing these punked-out adolescents with spikes for bracelets, ripped jeans and hunched over backs breakout of heated, passionate, revolutionary conversations to gawk and tickle my son and tell me how absolutely cute he is always leaves me a bit skeptical. But after this has happened over and over again, I’ve come to believe the genuineness of this culture’s adoration and patience of little people.
So bring your kids to a place where their egos will be pampered, their whims will be granted while you glow with gratitude that some countries still have the time to take out and appreciate the true joys of life.
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3 Comments
April 25th, 2009 at
I stumbled upon your blog while researching for a report on exporting eco-friendly baby products to Costa Rica ~ is there any info or resources that you can point me toward. Greatly appreciated ~
April 25th, 2009 at
Hi Meinert,
I couldn’t get access to emailing you directly. If you can I’d love for you to email. What I do recommend, is to get in touch with a few stores here: I’ve written a post about the main sellers of organics here:
http://www.travelexperta.com/2009/03/organic-produce-in-costa-rica-where-to.html
January 27th, 2010 at
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