I returned to the bank on the 4th, since the 2nd and 3rd were weekend days, only to find that the definition of procrastination starts with "Pura Vida". It seems the nearly everyone in Alejuala failed to renew their Marchamo (vehicle registration) so the line snaked outside the bank into the Multiplaza. You buy your new registration at the bank. Gracias a Dios (thank god) there is a guard to open and close the door as one more person squeezed in the door and hopefully one more person came out. There were 4 cajas (teller windows) open, one reserved for old, infirm, incontinent and prolific breeders (mothers with infants), the last category seems most popular in Alejuela and it seems they breed them just to skip the line at the bank. There were also two "Jefe" (chiefs) desks, both with Jefe's AND assistants, but no interest in opening the other darkened caja windows when they had perfectly good desks to sit behind and watch the line crawl while offering no assistance. I was able to squeeze past the line, directly to the Jefe. After filling out a number of "formularios" he took my order for a new card to be delivered back to the branch in Cortes four days later. If I wanted colones now however, I would have to wait in line.
Costa Rica Blog
Tags: New Years Eve, Banking, Costa Rica
As many of you may know, I was just in Costa Rica leading two back to back property tours. I just returned on the 14th of January and am now catching up on my blogging.
Tags: New Years Eve, Events and Activities, holidays in Costa Rica, Costa Rica
San Jose is a buzz with activity. Everyone seems to be looking forward to 2010. I arrived into Costa Rica yesterday on a packed A300 wide body flight from Miami. The airport was jammed, every flight was arriving packed with families on vacation from the US as well as Costa Ricans heading home for the holidays. I'll spend the day today meeting all our tour guests at the airport as each arrives from various places across the US and Canada on various airlines.