See Living in Costa Rica’s new Blog Article on the Mall
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| In addition to theater, gym, and 1,600 seat food court, it will have an amusement park with snow-sledding! The man-made snow will be the first snow some Tico kids will ever see! 350+ stores, 2,000 parking spaces and all just 45 minutes from me on a bus. Unfortunately it will be expensive and focused on rich people. But us poor like to go see these places! |
This afternoon (Tuesday) I went to Walmart in Alajuela and on my way back to the bus station my taxi drove by the above mall that opens tomorrow (Wednesday, 11/11). Traffic was terrible and it isn’t even open yet! The road in front is being widened but of course they are not finished with the road yet (sounds like the states). My driver said there is a big fiesta planned for the grand opening tomorrow. I enjoyed his characterization of the mall as “Gringo Landia” or Gringo Land. You can be sure the gringos here will certainly support the place! At least the rich ones, which is a bunch! And just in time for Christmas!
Shopping at any level is a bit of therapy for my medulla oblongata.~Theophilus London