Turrialba day 2: Pejivalle & Humo

Río Pejivalle @ el Humo

Río Pejivalle @ el Humo

Thriving automotive industry in Pejivalle

COOPEJIBAYE R.L.

Rio Pejivalle @ Pejivalle

Young baptists

La Cueva del Sapo, Clandestine bar in el Humo

La cueva del Sapo, interior details

La cueva del Sapo, WC entrance

La Cueva del Sapo WC

El Humo: cooking ladies and former football hero attending some kind of fund-raising.

WC @ el Humo

Little effort was made to find WCs on our second day in the Turrialba area. Partially because we spent a lot of time by the very clean Río Pejivalle, aka. Río Pejibaye, Río Pejiballe or Río Pejivaye. Spelling rules are somewhat diffuse, but it appears that Pejibaye is a fruit, Pejivalle is the town and that the name of the river can be spelled any way you like. The river is apparently a good one for rafting and kayaking, and the area is a new favourite of ours in Costa Rica.

Accommodation in Turrialba: Hotel Turrialba

Lost in translation:
WC = "odorless".

The famous odorless device.

10.000 colones for a very basic room with private bath and a fan. Not horribly expensive, but traffic noise was considerable and someone broke into our car during the night. Can't really blame the hotel for that, though.

Bars in Turrialba 7:Olé

Olé appeared to be the late night hotspot of Turrialba, a place where you go when the good places close. We have no complaints, though; there were fussball tables, decent music and even OK food. Still, nowhere near the quality of places like Filo's and Bar Rioja (where we, unfortunately, did not manage to take any pictures).

Bars in Turrialba 6: Filo's Bar

Boleros all night. Beats both karaoke and reggaeton.

The IWCRP staff unanimously decided that Filo's was the best bar in Turrialba, much thanks to the two musicians singing boleros all night, very nice indeed. Also, the very nice owners receive special thanks for running around town in the middle of the night looking for -and finding- more tonics for us after we had emptied the fridge.

Bars in Turrialba 5: Pura Vida

The man on the left insisted I take a picture of them. I think it's a nice picture. When looking at it shortly after, another man came by to have a look, and hollered "look how fat the lady is, she's fat, a fat, fat lady". I explained that the lady looks good on the picture (and in general), and that she's slimmer than a supermodel.

One of several karaoke stars

Ladies' room. Thanks to MJ for valuable research.

Bar Pura Vida is one of the livelier places in Turrialba, with a lot of very active karaoke singers and quite a few active drunks. Perhaps not the fanciest place in the hemisphere, but jolly good fun.

Bars in Turrialba 4: El Puente

Friendly owners, karaoke singer on the left

Classic urinal

El puente, cleverly named after the nearby bridge, is a nice little bar, also serving food and karaoke. The guests, mostly men in their 50s or older, seemed to like the combination of large amounts of beer and loud karaoke.

Pool in Turrialba: Pym Boll

"Please flush"

Native person planning his next move

Again, the name of this place has been forgotten by some irresponsible IWCRP staff member. However, it can be recognized by the sign at the entrance saying "Pym Boll", refering to the pinball machines inside. This place also has a secret room with shirtless men playing cards for money, very underground.

Bars in Turrialba 3: Unknown Soldier

Some of the beers we tested. They were all good.

David Lynch urinals

Across one of the streets from Cinco Esquinas, we found a bar with beer for sale and a David Lynch style toilet. As always, the reward for providing us the name of this unknown soldier is US$ 10.000.

Bars in Turrialba 2: Cinco Esquinas

An old favourite of ours revisited. A legitimate chinchorro without dresscode, but with cheap beer and Radio Sinfonola on full volume.

Bars in Turrialba 1: La garza

The first and best stop was la Garza, on the (SW?) corner of the park. They gave us a beer after a long journey, god bless them.