Shut down. . .

This is the last day before Holy Week starts here in Costa Rica.

Aside from tourist activities (excursions, hotels and restaurants that cater to tourists) the whole country pretty much shuts down on Wednesday and remains closed until the following Monday. Some places will open up on Saturday and Easter Sunday, but will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

Banks, hardware, grocery stores, etc., will close down and the lines at all of these places will grow exponentially leading up to Wednesday.

This always creates an interesting situation at the hotel. People that forget to make an alcohol run (most places, save for tourist hot spots, will not sell any alcohol on Thursday or Friday) will call the hotel, or their friends who work with us, to see if they can get some. We're in the same boat, as we have to budget our drink order from the distributor to carry us through the week.

There is likely a market out there to make some fast money, but we're just too busy and don't have the time or desire to do something like that.