Costa Rica Traditions

Costa Rica is generally a safe country. The vast majority of recorded crimes are not violent, and fraud. The greatest danger is pickpocketing, which are easy to avoid compliance with the simplest of precautions. In the central areas of San Jose is recommended to be always careful not to carry large sums of cash, tickets or passports. Never trust anyone, except Switzerland and certified porters, which are easily recognizable by overalls. Thefts of cars and things are also fairly common. In other criminal situation in the country is relatively quiet.

In Costa Rica there is a law under which any person must be in possession of identity documents. For foreigners, this means mandatory for a passport or a photocopy (pages with photo and name, as well as the visa stamp).

The streets of the capital and major cities are clean and very picturesque. At every corner and in every institution there are signs (unless of course they are closed on billboards), so easy to navigate the city. However, the numbering of houses is unusual, that is immediately behind the house number 603 can go, for example, № 605 in the complete absence of intermediate numbers. Therefore, the address, usually indicate only a post office box, not a real address, and to visit a restaurant recommended to ring in advance with the owner and get him the road. Unpleasant feature of most of the streets of the provincial settlements are very dirty sidewalks, ditches and gutters virtually covered and pose a serious danger, especially at night.

Since Costa Ricans start the day very early, many agencies to 16.00 have been closed, and even restaurants in the evening closes early - to 22.00, many of them are empty or closed. The waiters tend to approach the table only when summoned by the guest and not melteshat of intrusive offers every few minutes. Non-smoking rooms commonplace only in the most expensive establishments. Sami locals smoke a lot, and respected here enjoy cigars and cigarillos, so many bars and cafes in the air was thick smoke.