Kepfram & Ellie's Travel Journal

"Goodbye?!" We're living in Bizzaro world.
This morning (6am, damn!) Chelsea our landlady took Ellie & I to the organic market. I discovered a couple of interesting things @ the market & on the drive there:
1. To get a driver's license in Costa Rica you only need to prove your identity, pay $30, take a vision test, & have your blood pressure checked. There are no learner's permits, road tests, or even pamphlets telling you useful things like "don't hit anybody" or "don't drink & drive." This explains why people drive as they do & that explains the need for the blood pressure exam.
Note: if you ever visit here, pedestrians do not have the right of way @ any time, so feel free to hit as many as you wish.
2. Organic foods are dramatically cheaper than anything found in the supermarkets here. We bought a week's worth of food & it cost @ least a 1/3 less than our initial visit to the supermarket for a few items so we could get by till the weekend.
3. It is almost as cheap to eat @ a "soda" (local food spot where most meals cost $2 w/a beverage) as it is to buy groceries & cook.
4. Products made with recycled paper are cheaper than new ones. Which is the way I thought it should have been all along as they've already processed the raw materials, but that has more to do with US economics than anything else.
"Hello!"