Just a walk up from downtown Heredia. What a beautiful little town! One of the oldest in Costa Rica. The patron saint of the town is Saint Bartholomew. There is a large church which was established between 1568 and 1575. Every year on August 24, the people of the town have a celebration dedicated to the saint, and the highlight of the celebration is the unique masquerade, where people go out wearing masks and hit others with pig and cow bladders. Remind me to stay away on that day!
Sculpture symposium in Barva. It seems that all those interesting sculptures in the parque central de Barva were created in a previous symposium. These will be installed in another park in Barva. I guess that makes Barva the sculpture center of Costa Rica...