5 people

5 people 
The Costa Rican culture deserves a bit of space here as there are a few fascinating things we have seen.  i will start with some background.  Picture if you will a world where nothing ever really changes as far as the weather, you can live out your life under a thatched hut if you wish as the temperature, on a whole, is 70 to 90 degrees F all year.  The land provides so many sources of food that you can actually subsist in the rural area by eating from the trees, plants, etc. If you really needed to.  Winter never comes. Drought never happens and basically no need to plan ahead exists.  Layer on top of that a sense that there are few 
Mortal enemies to the country as a whole, a Switzerland of the Americas... Giving rise to not a whole to lot need for outsmarting enemies, creatively scheming but instead giving rise to a culture with no military, a nearly nonfunctional police force and nonexistent coastguard.  adding to this nonchalance is then topped with a GDP of tourism and coffee.  Now let's get into daily life...   
Costa Ricans will avoid conflict like the plague, we have witnessed first hand and heard many tales of workers leaving a job over minor confrontation.  The genesis of confrontation is not far away as the culture also dictates that if you ask a question 90% of the time they will give you an answer.  It doesn't matter if they actually know the answer or not, they want to be seen as knowing things and do not want to disappoint you so they just make up answers that may be true. When you are needing directions this is particularly interesting as we have the 5 person rule now, it takes asking 5 people to get to your destination.  They will even tell you firmly with exactness exactly where to go as if it is their own house when truly, they have no idea at all.  Time is also relative, truly the word "tomorrow" ( manana) translates to tomorrow, but means some day after today.  If the promised deed is not done within 2 days you must begin a type of personal coaching,