Tuesday 2 September 2014

My first postcard from Costa Rica

Sarchí, Costa Rica
26 Aug 2014 | From Paola of Costa Rica
POSTCROSSING SWAP

Sarchí is the capital city of the canton of Valverde Vega also known as Sarchí in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. Sarchí is Costa Rica's most famous crafts center. The town offers more than 200 stores and small family-operated woodworking factories producing wooden bowls and other tableware, fold-up rocking chairs of wood and leather, and a wide variety of kitschy items. The most popular items on sale are "carretas", elaborately painted oxcarts that traditionally carried coffee from the highlands down to the port on the Pacific coast. Shown in the postcard is the biggest ox-cart in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

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