Nice work! Thank you for sharing those beautiful pictures! I heard that Costa Rica is a very nice country! I heard that the coffee there is one of the best in the world if not the best! I heard that it is a very beautiful and peaceful country that does not need and does not have an army :) ! I heard that there is a small region in Costa Rica called Nicoy Peninsula which one of the 5 Blue Zones!!! Blue Zones are small regions with the highest concentration of older people in the world.
I look forward to more pictures and more stories! :)
Thanks for your reply! The best coffee beans are grown here but unfortunately the best coffee is not brewed here. The beans are exported to the rest of the world, where they are roasted and then sold. The starting point for some of the best coffee is definitely here though :)
One of our tour guide was mentioning no army here. He said the last war was 1820? Some history buffs tried to correct him but he stood pretty firm with that date...it could have been 1920 thinking about it now...
Aw darn... I wish I knew about the blue zone, my mom would have loved to check it out!
Thanks again for the coomment!
I apologize for replying so late I had a problem with my Steemit account and I couldn't post.
"he best coffee beans are grown here but unfortunately the best coffee is not brewed here. The beans are exported to the rest of the world, where they are roasted and then sold." That's so saaaad Costa Rica people should enjoy their own coffee :( . Besides if the coffee is being sold locally it makes the local community richer. This is what I called the pervasive effect of globalization it is quite sad really :(.
I think that after 1820 Costa Rica had an issue in the 1900 years like something like a coup d'etat or like a small civil war. Then the country became very poor and then the government could not afford to spend that much money on army so they decided to abolish the army. I believe that if they are threatened by some other country they are protected by the U.S. if I am not mistaken.
Yeah may be you can go visit the Blue zone some other time but you definitely have to visit it :). People grow their food locally their and they are very family oriented :)