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Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong techn... [read more] Blog: San Ramon Tope 2006
Date: December 9th 2006
We attended our first tope in San Ramon Saturday. A tope is a grand horse parade. The Parada de Sol in Scottsdale has nothing on this horse parade. Bill thinks he heard them say there were 2800 horses in this parade. I don't know if there were that many but there were a heck of a lot of horses. The tope finally reached the center of town around 3pm, we arrived at 12pm as the sign said that wa ... read more
Date: December 9th 2006
We attended our first tope in San Ramon Saturday. A tope is a grand horse parade. The Parada de Sol in Scottsdale has nothing on this horse parade. Bill thinks he heard them say there were 2800 horses in this parade. I don't know if there were that many but there were a heck of a lot of horses. The tope finally reached the center of town around 3pm, we arrived at 12pm as the sign said that wa ... read more
