ABOUT THE LIVING LIFE IN COSTA RICA BLOG

I (Vicki Skinner - aka "THE Sarong Goddess") created this blog in 2007 to share DETAILED Finds•Lists•Info•Events•Experiences to help bring more EASE to people living in, visiting or thinking of moving to Costa Rica since DETAILS are NOT easy to find!
I’m NOT an expert (an "expert" 2 ME knows 101%-NOT me). I believe in sharin info•helping where I can! And with over 2,200 entries, so some things might be out of date, so if you find old info PLEASE help each other by getting the updated info & sharing it with me to revise. At least you have some basic info to get you started.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

HOLIDAY•CHRISTMAS•NAVIDAD HOURS at Department Stores • Markets • Malls • Highways•Roads • Banks • Businesses • Restaurants • Movies+ in Costa Rica


LOTS MORE coming so make sure to Bookmark this page and keep checking back closer to the days!!


Here are some GREAT SITES that have already pulled much of this together of of what all is open•closed during the holidays:
EscazuNews.blogspot.com/2014/12/horarios-de-fin-de-ano-20142015.html
TicoTimes.net/2014/12/19/whats-open-closed-for-the-holidays


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If you haven't gone to the beach during a Costa Rican holiday and you're planning on doing it - ESPECIALLY during
Easter•Samana Santa and Christmas-New Years•Navidad-Año Nuevo

and you haven't done your MEGA PATIENCE Meditation (or medication), you're in for a "SURPRISE!!!!" (ok - so LOTS of Frustration and DEEP breathing) as you think driving on the roads of Costa Rica on a regular day can be a nightmare . . . IMAGINE THOUSANDS of people wanting to take the faster highway to the beach (it does shave off about 45-60 minutes on a REGULAR day!!) ALL on the normally just 2 lanes in either direction
Caldera Carretera•Highway #27 - aka Pista del Sol!!
(add to that how if there's an accident you MUST stop dead in your tracks & not move an inch till all the PROPER people show up like the Transito Police and your insurance company [and hopefully not an INS ambulance]).

So what they do to help the flow of traffic • traffic jams is turn 2 of the lanes (one direction) so they're ALL going the SAME DIRECTION based on the popular•busiest times. 

Check out the schedule at:

LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com/2014/12/CalderaHighway27HolidaySchedule.html




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RESTAURANTS
(lets just assume MOST of the smaller non-chain restaurants are closed.  I'm just sharing the bigger [mainly Americana] chain restaurants)

McDonald's
(most)
December 24 - till 10pm.  December 25 - Normal Hours
December 31 - till 10pm.  January 1 - Normal Hours


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STORES

YAMUNI


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