do you know the way to san jose?

so we took a trip to the country's capital and big city, san jose. it is very much so like a lower to the ground, late eighties new york city. we saw odd people walking around, performance art, scammers, seediness, junkies, park after park, art, mosaic, old architecture next to new and modern forms, shopping nonstop, and food that you cannot find anywhere else in the country aside from san jose. it was quite the experience. the botanical gardens we visited were other worldly with plants that we had never seen before compiled by a private gardener then turned over to the country for a tourist attraction. very beautiful. i have added photos from my trip onto my flickr account and hope all will enjoy. the traffic there was insane and there were so many one ways it was like a rat maze. by the time you got somewhere, you wanted a drink and a towellette for tears of joy and of irritation of not being able to follow any direction given . there are no copyright laws here so you would see puma, nike and abercrombie to name a few that were fakes. there is a free trade agreement with the u.s. that is under talks and many here do not want that to happen cause the u.s. will screw up the way these people live and make, as usual, the rich richer and the poor poorer. sadness. it is highly opposed by the people. from a distance i am still watching the political warfare going on for the seat in the white house. it all seems so weird to me. cant we all just get along. i am glad jodi is back in the saddle. thanks for the comment and i will try to blog more. it seems, i go through times where i do not want to be at the computer at all. ok, much love yo. bye for now...flickr pics under atarieyes,,,check em out.