San Gallo

... our savings held out. We made it a month and a half before his incurable generosity (mostly in the form of buying everyone a round of Gallo at the local cantina) maxed out his credit card. I made it another couple of weeks--just long enough to see Tikal.

... usually a pre-meal snack and theirs was especially tasty.....the usual fried chips but with 3 tasty dips, one sort of pico de gallo....fresh veg dip, one sort of thin avocado dip and another with tomatillos.  Practically a meal.  Most if not all ...

... , but the ones I've liked the most are Gallo and Moza. But the Moza one don't seem to be available everywhere, so I'm sticking with Gallo. By 7pm we decided to go out to see some bars, and right there all the lights went off. Every town around the lake ...

... location relative to Chianti and desired Tuscan towns is exceptional. Most our time and days were spent around Le Strade del Gallo Nero. This literally translated to the roads of the Black Rooster which is the symbol of Chianti - therefore Chianti ...

... ; Consequently, I lead the pack as we ran all the way down to the bottom. We rewarded ourselves with cold cans of Gallo, and rode back to San Pedro in my favorite mode of transportation - the "collectivo" (or "back of a pickup truck").  Cost = ...

... Mi Tierra, which is on the square. The same family which owns this restaurant also owns La Margarita across the walkway and Pico de Gallo which is down the street. After debating for many weeks prior to my trip which one of these restaurants to choose, I ...

... (joven y mayor) - "El Bosque, todos dias mucho trabajo!" La Policia - "Mike, Mike vamos a ir la cervezaria" Tito - "Solo Gallo" Frederico - "I do stuff with worms" Elena - "I came from Valencia 9 months ago and am still here" Rony Mendez - "Bueno Honda" ...

... stellen Reis und Bohnen dar. Das gibt's zuweilen sogar zum Fruehstueck, in gebratener Form mit Eiern und das ganze nennt sich Gallo Pinto. Ebenfalls zu Mittag isst man hier Reis, Bohnen, Salat und ein Stueck Fleisch, das Casado. Meistens ist das Essen ...

... primera hora de la mañana nos fuimos a Alajuela a ver las plantaciones de cafe de la zona del Valle Central, desayunamos el mitico Gallo Pinto y nos fuimos al Volcan Poas. Mucho mas interesante de ver que el Volcan Arenal, ya que el Arenal  al ...

... beach around 1 for a fabulous meal and beers.  In the evening we often made a pot of shrimp and some pico de gallo for dinner...rough life! Another fine meal we had was in the little town of Aticama half way between San Blas and Santa ...

... say the least. the food is good, but only if you like a lot of rice and beans, seeing as thats a staple at every meal. gallo pinto is the local nica term. tonnes of fresh fruit and amazing coffee though!! one mucho problemo in san juan is the frequent ...

English at the bottom Después de la noche con los militares y 5 días de gallo pinto (arroz con frijoles) una capital y un poco de civilización son realmente bien recibidos, a pesar de la intención ya comentada anteriormente por una razón u otra ...

... , meaning they just serve up typical plates.  We had our plates piled high with pollo asada (seasoned and grilled chicken), gallo pinto (rice and bean mixture), salad, homemade tortillas, and fried platanos (fried plantanes)! I was in heaven, all the ...

... pots stacked on some metal structure, protected by a little bit of corrugated roof and some plastic sheets, big bowls of salad and gallo pinto - rice with beans.as usual, the street dogs are never far away, eating what has fallen onto the floor. We were ...

... built a newish kitchen.  He is clearly building onto the hotel as well.  I have a fabulous lake view and a wonderful gallo (rooster) as my snooze button every morning.  There are some cheaper places for 15Q however, they don´t have private ...

... door and noted the breakfast specials.  Jerry and Amy ordered Huevos Revueltos (scrambled eggs), Nathan ordered huevos fritos con gallo pinto and Miriam ordered fruit and a pancake.  Not sure why none of us got meat!  The cafe ...

... , 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 staple food of Costa Rica and their traditional breakfast food. It's basically rice and beans fried together with some spices, ...

... Gallo cervezas taking in the view or heading to The Alegre for an afternoon of football and litro bottles of ice-cold Gallo cervezas. Each morning the sunrise turned the mountains a stunning gold, while the stillness of the sparkling lake would be ...

... (our old friend, bless!) Every long journey(i.e. over twenty minutes necessitates a basin and NOT a lunchbox. Popular choices include Gallo Pinto-otherwise known as rice and beans, Gallo Pinto, Chicken of course and Gallo Pinto.) Mc Donalds anyday my ...