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today is the anniversary of the day in which guatemala, el salvador, honduras, nicaragua and costa rica jointly declared their independence. it was supposed to be a misty morning many days (weeks) after this day that the official letter of independence reached san jose by horse from guatemala. coincidentally, mexico shares the same date too.

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are those c’s or r’s..? either way, these crates, thousands of them, belong to one of the first lines of distribution of farmer fresh produce and fruits. it is basically a midnight market where secondary distributors can gather low price national products for the san jose metropolitan area. i did forget what fruit these were for.

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you can cook them or fry them. you can make chips out of them. these are one of the most traditional ingredients to a complete costa rican meal, not to mention the americas in general. this photo was taken in the cenada farmer’s market here in san jose. heredia to be exact.