Bar Amigos

Last night we took taxis to a local bar in San Luis to watch the Costa Rica verse Mexico soccer game. Costa Rica lost 1 to 4 but it was still very cool to observe the culture from the sports bar angle. Costa Rican men get very into the soccer games and they all had their Costa Rica jerseys on while cheering for their team. We were able to enjoy a delicious meal while watching the game and even purchase a few of the local beers to try them out. The one I tried was called Imperial. Here is a few us while watching the game...

After the game, they had a live band playing music and everyone migrated to the dance floor. Our group was a little hesitant about dancing in front of the locals because we were scared we would stand out nut then realized we were already getting starred at simply because we were American so why not try out dancing? We gave it a shot! The other night we were given dance lessons by a local Costa Rican man named Giovanni and a women who is a naturalist here in Monteverde. They taught us the meringue which is kind of like a tango type dance. Costa Ricans LOVE to dance and once we stepped on the dance floor the men started swarming asking if they could dance with us. After a few girls danced with some entertaining locals we started using the phrase, No no baile con mis amigas... Lo siento. After we said this they would leave us alone. Immersing oursleves in the Costa Rican culture has just been incredible. Pura vida!