While searching for something I came asross a civilian CR report (1999) that said some interesting things:
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Costa Rica became so rich from coffee & banana exports that San Jose was the third city in the world to have public electric lighting and was one of the first cities to have telephones.
Really?!
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Costa Rica is the most Spanish of Central American countries, although political turmoil has recently increased the number of immigrants from elsewhere in Central America (10% of the population is now Nicaraguan). In Latin America, Costa Rica trails only Chile, Argentina & Uruguay in literacy. Costa Rica has no army. Costa Ricans replace the normal Spanish diminutive "tito" with "tico" ("Un momentico, por favor") and have thus become known as "Ticos", just as Americans are knows as "Gringos" in Latin America.
Anyone know what current % of the population is Nica? I've never heard the -tico diminutive on the end of any words, do they really use it?
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The city-tour guide was a knowledgeable historian. He explained that the iron bars & barbed-wire topped fences on most houses (even churches!) are an ornamental fashion that had been adopted to imitate the houses of the rich. But this did not explain the fact that even the tourist offices had "cell-bar" doors, which were only unlocked to let you inside.
Imitating casas of the rich - that one actually sounds like it could be true.
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The city guide glowed with pride when he cited the fact that Intel's largest factory outside the United States is in Costa Rica. He said that Intel recognized that Costa Ricans are intelligent, industrious and well-educated. He said that the average Costa Rican enjoys a monthly income of $800 (a banana plantation worker makes about $300).
I was going to comment on the "industrious" part but he followed it up later with these-
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She (an expat) loved the weather and found Costa Ricans to be warmhearted & easy-going. Nonetheless, she found them to be too easy-going when it came to getting things accomplished. She said that open aggression of any kind is very rare, but that sneak-thievery is common and that the bars & barbed-wire on homes are a necessity.
And no question about this one-
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Our tour guide told us that there are three types of sloths in Costa Rica: the 2-toed sloths which feed on spiders & lizards, the 3-toed sloths which feed on leaves & moss, and the 5-toed sloths which work for the government. The last group play a game which has only one rule -- if you move, you lose.
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the chicas love it when a Gringo does this YMMV. Alot of their words you just add tico or cito to the end. Example is Que Rico Papi or tico version of Que Rico Papicito (hit the i real hard like 3 eee's for effect), others use Abuelo they say Abuelito by dropping the o & adding ito it makes the word their most adorable little grandfather. It varies from word to word but I like to play with it. Yes we all pay to get it but getting them to truly "belly" laugh has some rewards 
) in the some shower heads for hot water makes one wonder. Just have to be careful with the BJ in the shower not to grap on too tight up there.
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