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| While waiting on a parade to start last year this Atenas father leads several waiting children in a game. As I did my daily walk through town today, not seeing a memorable photo op, I thought of this old one. It is so typical of the happiest people on earth right here in the center of Costa Rica! Glad I live here! Atenas, Costa Rica |
See also my photo gallery PEOPLE & FIESTAS.
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| Friday-Sunday, Art & Music Festival in Central Park Sunday Night Conclusion with Light Parade Not advertised this well the last 2 years |
There is a good chance you will see some photos of the feria and festival on this blog! 🙂
The 3-day feria is a Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair with a stage for live music.
So I’m bound and determined to see both this year! Some here say “Festival de la Luz” is the best parade of the year. I’ll give my opinion after the 16th. 🙂
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| Melodious Blackbird But the pink bump on the chin is not normal, so I have also posted on ornithological FB group asking about it. In my garden at breakfast this morning. Atenas, Costa Rica |
And my photo gallery of BIRDS
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| Banded Skipper Butterfly In my garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Photo Gallery of Butterflies & Moths
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| Selfie of Old Man on Daily Walk Atenas, Costa Rica Strangler Fig Tree in Background |
And a gallery of Other Photos of Me for those who say I only have bird photos
VISTAS, BEACHES, SUNRISES, SUNSETS
From my Roca Verde Terrace
From the Hill Above my House
From Hacienda La Jacaranda Apartments
Caribbean Beaches
Pacific Beaches
Miscellaneous Costa Rica Vistas
Neighboring Country: Nicaragua Vistas
Neighboring Country: Guatemala Vistas
Neighboring Country: Panama Vistas
Neighboring Country: Mexico Vistas
WATERFALLS
Campesinos Waterfall, Quepos
Cloudbridge Reserve Waterfalls (2)
Corcovado National Park (3)
Hanging Bridges Waterfall
La Paz Waterfalls (5)
Manantial de Agua Viva Waterfall, Carara
San Gerardo de Dota Waterfalls (2)
San Luis Waterfall, Monteverde
PLACES AND THINGS
Costa Rica Lodges & Hotels (33)
Nicaragua Lodges & Hotels (5)
Panama Lodges & Hotels (4)
My Rent House in Roca Verde
Hacienda La Jacaranda Apartments
Atenas General Shots
Atenas Public Art & Grafitti RAN OUT OF TIME LINKING TITLES!
Atenas Home Business Signs Sorry!
Churches Costa Rica
Churches Nicaragua
Alajuela, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Small Towns Costa Rica
PEOPLE & FIESTAS
Tamale Making Class
Independence Day Parade 2017
Independence Day Parade 2016
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| New exercise equipment appropriate for children has been installed in park across from Elementary School. Health is emphasized much here. |
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| InterNations is an organization of expats around the world with a San Jose chapter for Costa Rica. I’m checking it out. They sponsored this outing today. |
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| The famous toucan from Grecia with broken bill that ZooAve saved and 3-D printed a prosthesis bill which he doesn’t always wear. |
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| This pigeon was brought in from penitentiary where he had been delivering drugs to an inmate. Interesting. |
For even more photos, see my TRIPS Photo Gallery InterNations at ZooAve
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| This one has blue elves and a train! |
There are more than these two trees at City Mall Alajuela, but these are a sample of how into Christmas people are here. Every store is of course decorated better than the others and people are starting to decorate their homes. Christmas is in the air and Christmas Carols playing everywhere, more in English than in Spanish! In Atenas our Christmas Art Festival is 14-16 December with the Festival of Lights Parade the evening of 16th. It’s really a big deal!
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| And Poinsettias grow in our yards! 🙂 |
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| Complete with Racing Lanes, It opened this morning for an event. I think it is a private club promoting triathlons, but no sure. Atenas, Costa Rica |
See my March 6 post on the construction of this commercial facility, complete with sign describing the purpose of it. I think the early morning event here was a small triathlon for primary school children, probably to promote the facility and gain membership. My neighbor walked by between 7:30 and 8:00 this morning seeing a couple of hundred parents and children here and then later saw the children running through town. I missed the activity but cellphone photoed the pool that I walk past every day on my way to town. There is a high interest in health and sports here, though not a lot can afford a private club, if that is what it is.
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| Triathlon “Motivational Quote” |
