Tico Customs!... by Marco

Tico Customs... mmm.. you call ticos to the Costa Rican people. There are some different characteristics that define us as Ticos. Most ticos have these attitudes.

First of all, we have a superiority complex. We think that we are better than the other Centroamerican countries like Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras... We think we are the most good-looking people, the nicest people and the most intelligent people in Central America. We forget that we all are the same and that nobody is better than others.

Many people are lazy in this country. We want to get things very esily. We don't want to work much, but we want to make a lot of money and have a nice car or big house. In my opinion this is the reason of the crime in Costa Rica.

We are self-confident and kind of selfish. Sometimes it is a negative thing, but sometimes it is a positive thing. It is negative when we just want to be the centre of attention. We want to be noticed to satisfy that superiority complex I talked about before. But some other people take that characteristics to become an ambitious person who wants to reach his goals.

We also are apeople who like to party! We are fun and cheerful people who like to have a good time with his friends. That is one of the best and most important aspects that define us as Ticos. And another positive thing is that we are very faithful and committed to what we love if we really love it. Obviously we are always faithful to our football teams. We are happy when they win, but we get really mad when they loose.

Just like all the people in the world Ticos have their positive and negative characteristics, but those things are what denifes us as Costa Rican people so we have to be very proud of what we are.