Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life
Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life
Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life
City life was something that surprised me most. The first thing I noticed was that all of the streets are one way. The next thing I noticed was that the driving there is absolutely crazy. It seems like on the roads its survival of the fittest. Pedestrians do not come first the cars do. You need to be very alert at all street crossings when walking in the city. Drivers in Alajuela are honking their horn constantly. It is very difficult to figure out who is honking and why. Motorcyclists weave in and out of traffic and cars are passing one another all the time. Cars get very close together but the drivers that have been there for some time seem well adjusted.
I was able to gather that they do not have the laws, money or resources that prevent the city from being “cleaned”. In some parts there was trash on the grounds and a lot of stray animals and in other parts the land was protected, clean and free of stray.
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Taxis are located everywhere which are most commonly red. They tend to stay close to the parks where people congregate. The parks are the common areas where people tend to during the daytime hours. The city we stayed in was always closed down very early. There is not much of a night life in Alajuela. The second night there I met some of the other students at the school and realized that at 8pm the entire city was dark. The city opened and closed down earlier than in the United States. My host family did say that it was not the greatest of ideas to walk the streets in Alajuela after the town begins to shut down. As in every city, the park and streets are safer when populated.
Alajuela had many police officers which were commonly found in each direction of the parks and in most cases two officers together, on foot. There is someone responsible for watching each street. They assist with traffic, helping people park and pull out and watching to prevent theft. They help the cars park and pull out as well as watch to be sure no cars are broken into.
– Kasey Wesley
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