Indigenous Boruca Crafts of Costa Rica

Indigenous Boruca Brunca Crafts and Masks of Costa Rica

The below masks were carved by a Costa Rican indigenous tribe called the Boruca or the Brunca. They inhabit the southern part of Costa Rica and many people of their communities live off of carving masks, painting, and making traditional crafts to be sold to tourists to Costa Rica.

A traditional Boruca mask in San Jose.

Indigenous masks by the Brunca.

Indigenous crafts in Costa Rica.

Photograph of the masks that the indigenous people the Brunca of Costa Rica make. These crafts can be purchased in San Jose or by visiting their communities.

A photograph of a traditional indigenous mask made and painted by the Boruca of Costa Rica.

Photo of an indigenous mask made by the Borca of Central America.

Crafts for sale in an indigenous art shop in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Heredia, Costa Rica
February 27, 2008

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Gallo Pinto Costa Rican Food

Gallo Pinto: Costa Rican Food

Gallo pinto is THE breakfast in Costa Rica. Every morning here you are dished up a nice steaming plate of this fulfilling Costa Rican specialty. Gallo pinto is essentially black beans and rice, but the way that it is prepared makes it something special, as it is usually the leftovers from the previous nights dinner: so the rice is a little hard, the beans have been reheated a couple of times, and it is all extra oily from the multiple cookings. It is often combined with scrambled eggs to top off the breakfast. Gallo Pinto is Costa Rican cooking at its best.

Photographs of Gallo Pinto:

Gallo pinto served up in the morning.

Costa Rican breakfast.

Wanderjahr Jill loves Costa Rican food.

This meal was good extra well, I think this rice had been reheated a couple dozen times.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Heredia, Costa Rica
February 18, 2007

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Costa Rica Photos

Costa Rica Photographs

The following photos are from around Costa Rica. There are pictures from the Central Highlands and the beaches. Photos of Costa Rican food. Pictures of a landslide that took out a road. Wildlife and plants in Costa Rica.

This is a photograph of a waterfall near Uvita.

Huge rocks from a landslide came down and took out the road to San Jose.

The top of the landslide. The entire hillside peeled off in the rain storm.

Church in Barva, Costa Rica.

Photo of Costa Rican food. Gallo Pinto in a restaurant in Heredia.

Costa Rican bread.

Photograph of a banana plant in the countryside of Costa Rica.

Mountains of Costa Rica shrouded in clouds.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Heredia, Costa Rica
February 13, 2008

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Costa Rican Women Photos

Costa Rican Women Photographs

The following pictures are of women in Costa Rica.

Costa Rican girl cooking gallo pinto in the morning.

Costa Rican woman selling jewelry in Barva.

Costa Rican girl in skirt talking on cell phone.

Chubby Costa Rican woman in tight clothes.

Photo of Costa Rican women waiting for the bus.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Heredia, Costa Rica
February 12, 2008

Manuel Antonio Costa Rica Photos

Manuel Antonia Costa Rica Photographs

Photos from the beach at Manuel Antonio. Pictures of people, animals, Japanese travelers, and planes on the beach in Costa Rica.

I am told that Manuel Antonio is the epicenter of gay travel in Costa Rica

Massages on the beach at Manuel Antonio.

B-52 aircraft that the US tried to provide the contras with in Nicaragua. Then then got caught and the Iran-Contra affair blew up. The airplane just stayed where it was. Then someone made a bar out of it. An expensive bar.

Beautiful women in Costa Rica in a bikini at a waterfall.

Costa Rica road sign full of wildlife.

Japanese traveler in Costa Rica. I love meeting up with Japanese travelers.

Beach at Manuel Antonio. So many things for sale that you can't even look at the ocean.

Photo of the beach at Manuel Antonio.

Iguana at the beach in Costa Rica.

Monkey at the beach in Costa Rica.

Beautiful women in a bikini on the beach (she is my girlfriend).

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Heredia, Costa Rica
February 11, 2008

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Costa Rica Farmers Market Photos and Video

Costa Rica Farmer's Market Photos and Video

The following video and photographs are from a Saturday farmer's market in Barva, Costa Rica. Every weekend small farmers in the countryside come down from the hills and share their fruits and vegetables with the city folk and then take home a little money. Perfect arrangement.

Photo of Costa Ricans buying fruits and vegetables.

Photograph of a Costa Rican woman buying vegetables.

Checking out tomatoes in Costa Rica.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com Song of the Open Road Travel Blog
Heredia, Costa Rica
February 9, 2008

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Guayabo Archaeology Site in Costa Rica

Guayabo National Monument Archaeology in Costa Rica

The Guayabo archaeological park is in the eastern portion of the central valley of Costa Rica. The site sits near the top of Volcan Turrialba, which is 19km from the town of Turrialba. This is the largest archaeology site that has been discovered and excavated in Costa Rica, though only a portion of this site has been unearthed. The Guayabo site itself contains mounds, canals, monoliths, tanks, tombs, petraglyphs, and a twenty km road that stretches all the way down the mountain to Turrialba.

In the Guayabo National monument there are also hiking trails through the forest and an, "Abundance of forest species like the "carara", "magnolia", "cantarillo", "burio" and "cedro" are cover with a lot of plants like "bromelias" and orquets." http://www.costaricamap.com/ing/biopguayabo.html

Photograph of the Guayabo Archaeology site from up Volcan Turrialbo.

A pool in Guayabo Archaeology park.

Photograph of a petraglyph in Guayabo.

A beautiful typical Costa Rican house near the archaeology park in Costa Rica.

The way to Guayabo National Monument. A herd of cattle blocking the road.

Mounds at the Guayabo archaeology site. These are thought to have been the base for living structures.

The stone road that goes from Guayabo to Turrialba.

Photo of Guayabo Archaeology site.

Stonework stairs at the monument in Costa Rica.

Petraglyph in Guayabo National Monument, Costa Rica.

Wade from Song of the Open Road
Heredia, Costa Rica
January 31, 2007

Monte De La Cruz- Costa Rica Photographs

Monte de la Cruz, Costa Rica Photos

The following pictures are from Monte de la Cruz in Costa Rica. This wildlife/ agricultural area is just outside of the San Jose/ Heredia urban span. It takes around 20 minutes to get there from the Universidad National de Costa Rica by bus. Monte de la Cruz is a beautiful area which has waterfalls, hiking and horse riding trails, forests, and agricultural fields.

These are the photos that I took during my visit in early 2008.

For directions on how to get to Monte de la Cruz please visit Vagabond Fieldnotes- Monte de la Cruz

Photograph of the bridge that spans the river near Monte de la Cruz

Photograph of the top of the waterfall in Monte de la Cruz, Costa Rica

Where the waterfall meets the earth

Photo of a moss covered tree in the forests of Monte de la Cruz

Mira from Wanderjahr Jill climbing over big tree roots in Monte de la Cruz

Mira scavenging in Costa Rica, these rasberries were the only think I had to drink. Don't forget to bring water with you to Monte de la Cruz

River that runs through the agricultural fields

San Rafael is a town that you ride through on the way to Monte de la Cruz

Costa Rican Cows relaxing in the mountains

Wade from Song of the Open Road Travel Blog
Heredia, Costa Rica
January 26, 2008

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