We were very tired, and we went back to the hotel early in the afternoon to take a nap. We went to eat a light supper, and met many WCA people in the evening at the hotel, and we had a wonderful time talking with them. One thing we found out today was that credit cards like Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted almost everywhere, even for small amounts in places like fast food restaurants and ice-cream parlors. They accept American money willingly. We have to negotiate taxi fares.
People are very friendly and very nice.
Many of them do not speak much English, but they understand it to some extent. San Jose was a rather run down city, and it looked like a dusty old city. There are many stores and restaurants where we could get food and drinks. Sanitation seemed reasonable. Kathi San Jose was founded in 1737, but there is very little left from the colonial period.