I find them the most friendly, polite and helpful people I have met. Visitors are constantly surprised at the warmth of the Costa Rican people. This is still a very family-oriented society, however, and the friendliness and politeness tends to form somewhat of a shell over their true personalities. It is easy to make friends with a Tico, but is much more difficult to form deeper relationships. I have met.
Visitors are constantly surprised at the warmth of the Costa Rican people.
This is still a very family-oriented society, however, and the friendliness and politeness tends to form somewhat of a shell over their true personalities. It is easy to make friends with a Tico, but is much more difficult to form deeper relationships. Because of the overwhelmingly European populations, there is very little indigenous cultural influence. And because the country was a poor subsistence-agriculture nation until the middle of the 19th century, cultural activities have really only blossomed in the last 100 years. And because the country was a poor subsistence-agriculture nation until the middle of the 19th century, cultural activities have really only blossomed in the last 100 years.