Culture: Costa Rican Homestay

I was a tad unconvinced that the homestay organised will be authentic, but when I realised that noone there spoke any English, there was no cellular reception and each family had 4+ children a feeling of relieve went through me.

We spent a two days following a Costan Rican family through their daily routine (being a family of 10 the addition of us hardly had an impact on their routine). This included checking on the live stock (all families here have them), playing soccer, watching Spanish Tv, hosing down the motorbike, cooking tortillas and going to the market to sell chicken and eggs.

The families here have a very simple life, men work the fields, waking up at 4am, women cook and take care of the live stock (The chicken cooked for us was still breathing two hours before we ate). But we felt that everybody was connecting, mingling and meeting up constantly. The ties between these communities appear stronger than any big city neighbourhoods.Read more