A closer look
Costa Rican locals routinely navigate their cities without using actual street names or house numbers, instead relying heavily on wildly subjective landmarks like 'one hundred meters south of the old fig tree' to deliver mail and give directions. This navigational anarchy means that if the aforementioned tree gets chopped down or a painted building changes its color, the entire neighborhood basically ceases to exist on the map. It completely destroys the concept of GPS functionality, forcing oblivious American tourists to actually speak to human beings and gesture wildly instead of blindly following a blue dot on their phones. Navigating San Jose is less about knowing your cardinal directions and more about memorizing local gossip, historical architecture, and the precise location of a stray dog that likes to sleep near the bakery
