Today is the official start of Semana Santa, or Holy Week, here. It is a big deal. Thursday and Friday before Easter are the only two days when public buses do not run in the country.
Also, anything that has nothing to do with tourism is shuttered until Monday. All banks, hardware stores, grocery stores, closed.
There are also very few big-rig trucks on the roads, as well, which is a bonus.
However, everyone that has the free time heads out of the interior of the country to the beaches, so traffic will be pretty hairy going to/from the coast for the rest of the week. There are folks that are lining up at 3 a.m. to catch ferries, already (first ferry is at 7 a.m.).
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