National Museum (Museo Nacional) San Jose

Hola Amigos,

I know it's been awhile since I've updated this blog, and I don't have a whole lot of time right now to give many details about the last week, so I'll make it brief, but concise.
First of all, there are many differences from the US here, ranging from the people, places, prices, etiquette, weather, food, and hygiene. I'll …

The hotel has a nice breakfast buffet with fresh juice - passion fruit maybe. I got out as soon as I could after breakfast - the walk to the central plaza is not far and quite direct. I think I wandered around a bit in the beginning, passed by the Teatro Nacional and the second of the bird statues that are all around town and went to the Gold …

After the earthquake the power was out so we walked to the restaurant for brunch. My Spanish is pretty bad but I understood the kitchen staff was discussing death, destruction, and the end of the world. They kept bringing up Nostradamus, the prophecy, and "the end is near". All of the happy thoughts and the realization that there were probably …

We were up early to have breakfast at el sol and head to San Jose where we needed to return the car by 11 am. We drove down the mountains to the Pan Am highway and reached San Jose by 1015 and checked into Hotel Talamanca before returning the car. The car return went well though we learned later that once the car was washed they found scratches and …

We were hot and sweaty when we finally arrived at the National Museum so the entrance was a delightful surprise. The new addition of a butterfly garden is a stroke of genius and we loved it! As we entered this cool enclosure, the sprinkling system came on so we were refreshed by a gentle shower of mist. The garden is full of tropical exotic …

... that we went to the national museum, which was an old fort on a hill.  It has alot information on the history of costa rica.  Honestly the museums aren't that great, however it had good views of the city. Later that night we went to see Batman: ...

... Jose for half a day, along Avenida Central/Plaza de la Cultura & to a park. We also visited Museo Nacional (The National Museum) which has some really interesting history. The museum was once a fort and is at the highest point in the city. While ...

...   me felled in the medieval time, just only try to find the Excalibur sword, well the we goes to the National Museum of San Jose interesting the museum rustic and very old this museum count the history about the first colony to arrive ...

... of the crosswalk signs have actually moving people, which is pretty cool. They look like they're moonwalking forward. At the National Museum, there was a lot of cool historical stuff, which was fun to learn. Like about the conflicts and problems leading ...

... walking in to do it. Spent the rest of the evening processing photos and trying to clear the backlog of blog entries. Day 2 - Town, National Museum Flight not until later in the day and so decided to wander around the town for a few hours as well as ...

The last two days have been travel filled as I flew from Guatemala City to San Jose, Costa Rica, the capitol. I arrived at the hostel about 11am yesterday and Smiles got in about 1. Meeting up worked out perfectly considering we didn have any ...

... with internet at ICE, the moble phone company (monopoly). I had to wait more than an hour before it was my turn. I visited the national museum. I had to pay $7 and it was not that special. In Bogota the museums were much better and free. You can see here ...

Greetings, I am in San Jose, Costa Rica and have been in the general vicinity for almost three weeks now. Just before here, I spent two very unmemorable nights in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Boy, I though Guatemala had some rough spots. On my way ...

... to the National Museum.  The museum is housed in what used to be the barracks for the army, but when Costa Rica disbanded their army they made it the museum.  It was interesting to learn more about the history of Costa Rica.     This ...

... then regrouped and headed out for a small adventure.          We saw the national museum, a national park which was really pretty, again appreciation for the importance of the LIVING, the most well known hospital, ...