Central Park (Parque Central) San Jose

Calle Central at Avenida 2, Barrio La Catedral San Jose , Province of San Jose, Costa Rica
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    Town center/square/plaza, Park

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    Parque Central

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    Today I went to Central Park in West San Jose with some girls that I met. We took a cab into the city, went shopping (the only thing I bought was an umbrella), and explored to streets. After that, we got lunch at a restaurant and had fun trying to order off of the menu. We then returned to the University and went to our host families for a formal …

Related BlogsCentral Park (Parque Central) San Jose

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    Getting our head out of the clouds (w/ p.u.)

    ... on the way to Ojochal but this town charmed us. From the strange leotard clad girl acting/dancing a religious play in the central park to the balcony bar with painful drink concoctions containing only liquor, San Isidro captivated us. In fact we almost ...

  • 2

    Christmas in Uvita and San Isdro

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    ... (back in San Isidro) before heading out to San Vito another leg of the bicycle tour was ending in San Isidro.  So we were back in the central park watching.  It was a peleton finish with a few stragglers.  I thought it was very cool that ...

  • 3

    Costa Rican Capital

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    ... Darcy looks after the bags, I look for a place to stay.  Found a nice place with a good location near the central park area. We spent a few days doing the standard "tourist sites" Jade Museum, National Theater, walking down the central shopping ...

  • 4

    Around Town

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    ... -way places since we had a couple local amigos with us. I also checked out a city park in San Jose (which I´ve heard is comparable to Central Park on a smaller scale) where there were several games of soccer (aka fútbol), horseback riders, bikers and ...

  • 5

    Living the Pura Vida

    The final stop of our Central American tour is Costa Rica, holiday destination and biodiversity extraordinaire! Our tale begins with a taxi ride with some annoying Americans living in Costa Rica who we promptly dumped by cunningly joining the longer ...

  • 6

    The adventure begins!

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    ... to buy some bottled water, and were really surprised by how much seemed familiar. We then walked along by the parque de la sabana, San Jose's answer to Central Park, until we found a 'soda', a small cafe, for lunch. I had my first taste of gallo pinto, a ...

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    End of part 1

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    ... it easy and relax tomorrow. Update from home: After our farewell dinner , I spent the next day wandering around San Jose, visiting the central park and several cool museums. One day is about all you need for San Jose--there's not much great ...

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    Potholes, Waterfalls, and Chiquita Banana

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    ... one day and drive to the coast to go to the beach the other day.   So we got in a taxi headed the Alajuela's central park and the taxi driver didn't speak English and there was no meter...The fare ended up being $10, obviously a ...

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    Arrival in Costa Rica

    ... PM. Therefore,  we killed time by walking around the neighborhood and people watching in the central park.  One of  the things I love about Costa Rica is that people are always out and about.We also watched some indoor soccer games. ...

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    One day tours from San Jose, Costa Rica

    ... Insurance Institute, España Park, The Yellow House and through SENAC or old factory of alcoholic beverages. Next close the Central Park of San José, Melico Salazar Museum and the Metropolitan Cathedral. We will stop at the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum and ...