Sun Kil Moon- "Moorestown"
Costa Rica
After graduating high school, I was offered the opportunity to stay with family in Costa Rica. Being residents and members of the U.S. Foreign Services, they were able to show me a Costa Rica that most tourists miss. I came to see Costa Rica as a country of curious juxtapositions- hope and despair, modernity and tradition, man and nature, and greed and selflessness.
After graduating high school, I was offered the opportunity to stay with family in Costa Rica. Being residents and members of the U.S. Foreign Services, they were able to show me a Costa Rica that most tourists miss. I came to see Costa Rica as a country of curious juxtapositions- hope and despair, modernity and tradition, man and nature, and greed and selflessness.
Entering the mountain villages surrounding the capital of San Jose.
Handwoven blankets for sale in Quepos, a small sport fishing town which acts as a portal to Manuel Antonio national park.
Children find many wonders on the beaches of Manuel Antonio, such as this hermit crab.
Sunset in Manuel Antonio.
Night falls on the beaches of Cahuita, a village on the Carribean side of Costa Rica.
Small shacks and hotels line the darkly lit roads along the beaches of Cahuita and Puerto Viejo.
Entering San Jose, the capital and largest city in Costa Rica.
A father escorts his daughter off the bus and into a small town near Puerto Limon, the largest city on the Caribbean coast and major commercial center due to its ports.
A bus stop somewhere between San Jose and Manuel Antonio.
Stray cats and dogs prowl through the Mercado Central in San Jose.
A young boy curiously eyes the wares of a shop.
Two women barter at a sidewalk kiosk in the Mercado Central.
The Capuchin monkeys of Manuel Antonio are used to human interaction, often making forays from the treetops down to the beach to steal from unsuspecting tourists' backpacks.
Poas Volcanic Crater, one of Costa Rica's main tourist attractions. Tourism is the main source of income for Costa Rica's economy.
