We we're invited by our Spanish teacher Ana to go to a famous festival in Costa Rica called 'Festival de la Luz' in San Jose. We went with her whole family which was quite amusing. We took our first bus ride on our own to the capital from San Isidro. The buses look superb.
The festival starts at around 3 but people get there around mid morning to get a good seat. They close off the main road in San Jose and people line the streets. Ana's family went fully comitted which we like and bought chairs. cool box, pillows and even the mattress from one of their kids bedroom. The festival is basically a parade 
and mainly consists of bands and people dressed up traditionally. There we're certainly quite a few strange entries into the parade. The masked witches being one, followed by Cadburys chocolate, which was all good.
and mainly consists of bands and people dressed up traditionally. There we're certainly quite a few strange entries into the parade. The masked witches being one, followed by Cadburys chocolate, which was all good.
By the time it got dark (around 6) we'd never seen so many people on a single street before. Unfortunatly the camera struggles to show it but it was crazy. We we're glad to get there as early as we did. At 6 the greatly anticipated 'bombetas' (fireworks) were to start. Obviously they didn't start at 6. like most of the carnival is was run with what we've come to know as Tico Time (Costa Rican time) which is all good. The name certainly didn't disapoint, they seem not to bother to much about pretty looking fireworks but rather the most enormous explosions they can get hold of. (Brought me back to the 5th November in the bridge carpark). After that it was back to 
more parading and it finished around 10:30. We we're staying at Ana's house in San Jose.
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