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By Evan Schaeffer

COSTA RICA Day 2 . . . We spent the day in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. Some of the museums we planned to see were closed on Mondays (bad planning), so we did a lot of walking around. Photos--

Our hotel in San Jose: Hotel Grano de Oro --

Austin in the hotel's courtyard, at breakfast--

A giant nativity scene in Parque Central--

MORE PHOTOS AFTER THE BREAK --

Austin on the streets--

Objects from the Museum of Precolombian Gold (one museum that was open)--

Austin looking at an art exhibition at the same museum--

A low-sitting park bench in Parque Nacional--

Austin on a street filled with tourist souvenirs--

At the San Jose Zoo. We went there because a tour book said the conditions were  "appalling," which sounded sort of interesting--plus, most of the museums were closed. At the entrance, you're greeted with a Pfizer ad. There are others in the park too. (It's similar to Mexico City, where McDonald's has taken over the zoo)--

 

Appalling? Here's one of the lions in a old-fashioned cage--

Graffiti on the bamboo stalks--

A crocodile after just having finished a tasty beverage (Gatorade, of course)--

And last, now out of the zoo, a booth in the Mercado Central--

Plans for tonight: See Avatar (shown here in English with Spanish subtitles), then prepare to check out tomorrow and head to Volcan Arenal. There's no Internet there, I don't think, so we'll be out of touch for a few days.

Full post as published by Notes from the (Legal) Underground on December 28, 2009 (boomark / email).