Costa Rica’s bookstores, a must see while on your adventure here
- by crv.staff
- 17.02.10
- 11:25 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica, Costa Rica Living, Things to do
By Capt. Richard Barone
Next time you’re in Costa Rica you may want to visit some book stores before your adventures. There are new books with tantalizing titles for everyone from nature lovers, real-estate moguls, decorators, entrepreneurs, tourists, backpackers, everyone! Yes, Costa Rica has great book stores.
I would like to let you in on a small secret though, and that is that there are a bunch of used book stores, many in little hole in the wall places in the city, others in incredible natural settings, that accept trades and have tons of used and sometimes unused older treasures. They of course have an assortment of new literary topics, sometimes by distinguished local authors as well as great postcards to keep or send home.
I recently perused a San Jose store while walking downtown and found an obscure book by famous Indian Guru Sri Yukteswar. A couple bucks and a stack of books later I looked through practically every Costa Rica guide book produced in the last twenty years and enjoyed seeing how we’ve grown up together. If you speak other languages such as German, Italian, French or any other one prominent here you will find plenty of popular and useful topics at these exclusively used book stores almost as if they were customized for the traveler.
Just be willing to hang out with some real book animals and your in for a great time thumbing through the selection.
Being able to trade in a used guide book for one of another destination is a great bonus for people who want to travel as light as possible. If you have a bookstore that is your favorite in the country let me know and I will plan a visit. You may be able to find the city location of harder to find stores using a combination of social networking and Google maps or something comparable.
Costa Rica definitely has everything you need to explore the country but before you do, its book stores are a must visit.
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Next time in Costa Rica I will stop and find these book stores. I read up some before I went but will want to read more when I come again. I will be blogging about my trip on my blog and showing my art once I start creating it. Now the images a swirling around in my mind’s eye. My series of works on paper will be called Pura Vida. It will be a series of archival transfer monotypes with chine colle. In other words, mixed media and printmaking techniques combined to express the beauty of a tropical paradise. http://www.lindadubingarfield.blogspot.com
Thanks Linda! If you would like to be a contributor please send your blogs to info@costaricaviews.com We would love to hear (and see) more about your Pura Vida series!