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Quirky, Weird, Funny – Costa Rica Humor

steamroll house — Like most Costa Rica road work the job is half finished. Apparently one of the road workers suspected his wife of having an affair with the bartender who lived here – I would have thought you could make a bigger dent in a house using a steamroller but it got stuck in the mud.

Old people crossing — Old people crossing…I want to find out where the highway department gets these so I can put one on the walkway leading to my patio…

cuidado ladrones roban en carros parqueados — Really not funny – cuidado ladrones roban en carros parqueados – beware of thieves frequent robbery in parked cars

serious consequences for taking a wrong turn! — Looks like some pretty serious consequences for taking a wrong turn!

Insert beach chair...insert butt... — Insert beach chair…insert butt…

frog in the toilet — I don’t always switch on the light when I head to the bathroom in the middle of the night, but luckily for both of us this time I did.

peeping tom — weird guy peering over the bathroom divider

Round rock road – the Costa Rican version of gravel includes boulders the size of bathtubs…

right lane closed — That right lane doesn’t look like it’s in such good shape.

pants not required — You better get rid of that button-down and even if they’re not required we do appreciate pants…

Cousteau Seafood platter — I’m pretty sure that Jacque’s main message was to conserve sea life not eat it…The most renowned aquatic conservationist who ever lived being used to market sea life as sustenance is just weird. We’re on the lookout for the Mahatma Ghandi Steakhouse…(at the La Mansion Inn, Manuel Antonio)

cow in a trough — It was an absolute downpour on the road to the Tortuguero lancha and this cow climbed in the feed trough to get out of the rain.

road full of cows — Yield ???????? The rule of thumb is that if the big black bull has horns spanning more than a meter the cattle drive has the right of way.

The other side of Manuel Antonio! (rompeolas)

dusty sign — The roads around Nosara tend to be a little dusty. This roadsign was so coated it was impossible to read the destinations or distances.

cardio striptease — Special-K cardio striptease – that doesn’t look like a “Jeff Costa”

donkey at the swimming pool — You never know what kind of wildlife might happen along in Costa Rica

creative map making — Maya (5 yrs old) added a few lines to the highways, roads and trails of the Bijagua/Tenorio map I was working on.

open air toilet — “In awe I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebon void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang forever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought… I must put a roof on this lavatory.” ~ Les Dawson. The toilet at the backcoutry camp near Corcovado has the best view imaginable, but someone forgot to restock the toilet paper

only small cars — “Solo Paso para carro pequeno, Gracias!” — Only for small cars, Thanks! Hallf of the bridge collapsed and the department of transportation put up a red and white sign that said “MOPT – under construction to improve life” someone painted the more useful warning over the top in yellow.

frog in the soap dish — We came back to our room late and there were no less than three frogs in the outdoor bathroom

Solar power at its finest!

trail signs as bridge planks — If you’re going to use the trail signs as bridge planks you could at least lay them down with the arrow pointing in the right direction

cat fud — If you’re from a certain generation it’s impossible to see this without thinking of a Gary Larson drawing of a clothes dryer with a crude sign on the front showing an arrow pointing at the opening and labeled “Cat Fud” http://www.pinterest.com/pin/377106168769647391/

mud mask

Monster Machaca — Monster Machaca on a hand line

Monster Machaca — Monster Machaca on a hand line

Baggage claim, Puerto Jimenez

fenceposts in bloom — It’s funny to see fenceposts in bloom above the Valle Coto Brus in southern Costa Rica

cabana ocupada — cabana ocupada – Room is Occupied at the no tell motel

point of no return — Life would be so much easier if all of the sketchy roads in Costa Rica had a nifty warning sign like this one. “There is no point of return!” the beach at the bottom is beautiful so there’s definitely a point to returning over and over again… maybe they mean this IS the “point of no return”.

giant grasshopper — Grasshoppers the size of hamsters in the Delicias de la Tierra Tipico Restaurant Uvita. “Would you like that fried or grilled with a little bbq sauce sir?” Red Legged Grasshopper – Tropidacris cristata.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

mammy — Do you suppose this had anything to do with the French bakery going out of business?

haunted hotel — Like something straight out of the Shining transported to the point between Playas Guiones and Pelada the Hotel Playas de Samara is dilapadated and crumbling but still open – sort of. Travelers have reported that if you hunt down the owner/occupants they’ll point you to a room that’s as run down on the inside as it is on the outside and prices are very negotiable. The bizarre architecture looks like a cross between a mosque and an alian spacecraft sitting on the highest point along the coast serving as a marker for the trail throug the woods between the two main beaches at Nosara

Caution cone tree. — Caution cone tree. Seriously don’t drive into this hole, you’ll snap your axle (between Tamarindo and Langosta)

A big hole in the road — A big hole in the road requres many sticks with things on top of them

Chicken of the sea — Chicken of the sea on Playa Real (Playa Nombre de Jesús is in the background)

scary ladder — It’s a little tough to see but there are two ladders lashed together with rope and they’re standing on two stacks of cement blocks (look through the shrub). It was a little unstable so they tied the ladder to the tree before standing on the very top rung. If that’s not scary enough note the live electrical wire 18 inches from the aluminum ladder…I’ll just get my pipas from the vendor!

mighty jungle cat — The mighty jungle cat with his prey.

hidden bridge — Can you spot the bridge in this photo? On the lower portion of the Rio Celeste (outside the National park)

double slip knot — cool double slip knot tied accidentally

wildlife up close — You said you wanted to see the wildlife up close… This is one of 37 or more species of the Patch butterflys found in CR living up to its name it seems. Chlosyne maybe the narva. Really hard to tell here. In the US we call this family the checkerspots.

Despacio - Iguana, Monkey, Sloth and Power Puff Girl crossing - Slow — Despacio – Iguana, Monkey, Sloth and Power Puff Girl crossing – Slow

bee guards — It took about six tries to get this photo of the soldier bees guarding the entrance to their mud nest. Every time I got close and started to reach out with the camera they exploded out and bombarded my head with “zzZZZZZzzz” ferocity and I skedaddled as quickly as possible with visions of my eyelids swelling shut or not being able to eat for a week from being stung on the tongue. After a couple of tries I realized they were stingless bees and and although their attacks were still disconcerting I relaxed, approached slowly and calmly and managed to snap a shot before they exploded into my face in response to the flash.

readers on a leash — readers on a leash at the exit tax office in Sixaola

fog and rain — Is that a right turn, or a left turn, or a bridge, or a cliff up ahead?

Low clearance — Low clearance. Unstrap, unload, back out, re-load, restrap! At least I noticed before I rammed the boats into the portico.

Lazy Boy Tour Office — Lazy Boy Tour Office, Cano Negro

anti-theft tags on $15 bottles of wine.

Don’t feed the crocodiles — Don’t feed the crocodiles or they’ll grow up and eat you.

Sponsored street signs — Sponsored street signs in San Marcos

rainshower

Indoor motorcycle parking — Indoor motorcycle parking at the Pulperia

slow (despacio) at the carnival — With the impending hurricane things are a little slow (despacio) at the carnival

Just a little nap... — Just a little nap…

Ray & Sue

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Tortuguero Beach – National Park & Sea Turtles Nesting
Tortuguero Village & Canals Photos
Guayabo National Monument
San Gerardo de Dota National Park
Karen Mogensen Nature Reserve
Lower Savegre & Rafiki
Savegre National Park
Pacuare River Rafting Overnight
Portalón Estero Rey National Wildlife Refuge
Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge Photos
Rainmaker Biological Reserve Photos
Hills of Portalón Wildlife Refuge
Funny, Quirky, Weird – Costa Rica Humor
Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge Photos
Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala National Wildlife Refuge Photos
La Cangreja National Park Photos
Pacuare Gilligan’s Island
Rincón de la Vieja – Hacienda Guachipelín Photos
Quirky, Weird, Funny – Costa Rica Humor
Lankester Botanical Gardens Photos

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