Mango Fever Paralyzes Costa Rica March 12, 2007
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Students stop Studenting
There is no official start date for mango season in Costa Rica. At first, small crowds will gather under mango trees alongside country roads, until when the fruit ripens in about 3 weeks, the whole nation will become paralyzed with Mango Fever. Workers stop working, teachers stop teaching, and students stop studenting. Risking their lives climbing Mango trees, and literally going out on a limb, for this succulent fruit.
Orotina is the capital of the Mango Nation
Located 1.5 hours southwest of San Jose, and 45 minutes from Costa Rica’s Pacific beaches in Jaco - and surfing in Hermosa. The town is the site of the well known Mango Festival, when bus loads of people come to worship, and then eat the Mango.Not a Truck Stop
Orotina lies on a main highway intersection connecting San Jose and the Central Pacific beach towns. Although not a particularly attractive town, Orotina does have the services, a town it’s size would imply. Banks, grocery stores, vets, clinics, doctors etc., are all available in Orotina.
Reasonable Real Estate
The climate around Orotina consists of hot dry summers and mild winters. Perfect Mango growing weather. Orotina does provide distant ocean views from some parts of the area. But the best views are of hidden valleys located off the main road. Land and real estate prices are more reasonable in Orotina, than in Atenas (higher up the mountain and closer to San Jose). And definitely a much better Costa Rica real estate value than the beach towns.
Anyone want to be a Mango Farmer?
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