Pica de Leña

This past Saturday, November 14, 2009 was the annual fiesta of Pica de Leña. It is a festival of woodcutting where people of Nicoya get together to chop wood, load up ox carts (some of them painted) with the wood, dance, sing, and have a parade of the oxcarts and dancing horses through town. We got to go out and be part of the festivities this weekend so I wanted to share some pictures from the day!

Welcome to Pica de Leña 2009!

Coconut milk straight from the coconut with a straw!! ...not the best tasting drink ever, but I figured I´d try it!

Chopping the wood!

When you have large crowds of people who start to consume certain beverages at 8:00am there will, of course, be some fights.

Two oxen were caught together and fell down. This was before freeing them.

some spectators lined up on a carreta!

Shaved Ice... freshly shaven from a huge block of ice!

First ox cart in the parade, with a banner of the virgin.

One of the many dancing horses!

Kayla, Jerry, Dianara and myself after the Pica de Leña parade!

More things in CR

School Bus

Toilet! haha

Pay phone

Post Office

Cemetary

McDonald´s on a street corner in San Jose

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs cardboard display that we got in trouble for taking a picture of at the Movie Theatre in a mall.

Speed Limit Sign

Everyday Things in Costa Rica

Here are some photos that I promised you, Kim!

These are some of the everyday things I found in Nicoya, Samara, and in between. We have the same in the US.. just varied a little!

Big ceiling fan in the airport.. stretched all the way across!

Coke Sign

Children's playground in the park

No left turns!

Garbage Can

Stop sign

Fire Station

(Cristy - this would be good to show 2nd grade! I bet Jacob would really like it!)

No Passing!

These are just a handful.. I will be sure to post some more later! (The internet here is a little slower!)