Ticos travel from all over the country to buy discounted goods at the Deposito Libre, the duty-free zone, at the north end of town. Today is no exception. The port is a frenzy of shopping - such a frenzy that one cringes at the thought of what it must be like around Christmas. From refrigerators and stereos to clothing and CD's, there's nothing you won't find at the string of duty-free shops. Just north of San Vito, a Guaym family walks along the highway, away from the Indigenous Reserve - presumably into town.
Movement is slow, since there's room only for the father and the two youngest children on the horse.
The rest of the family is on foot. Asked whether they would allow a photo, the mother says no with a proud, defiant stare, but the father says yes and asks for money to buy beer. By Jerry Ruhlow Special to The Tico Times Fishing is back on schedule in northern Guanacaste, with blue water, flat seas, no wind and the fish all but climbing into the boats. Wetass II skipper Sonny Kocsis last week fished Bill Risher, Bob Mix and Jack Roukenberg for three days scoring 21 sailfish releases, a pair of dorado and 20 tuna to 40 pounds, working about 18 miles straight out from Flamingo. In two more days of fishing last week, the Sonny scored a marlin and nine more sails along with tuna and dorado.