Costa Rican money is called Colones, and 500 colones equates to about $1. Most things here are basically the same price that they are in the States, but there are a couple of things like fruit and shoes that are a lot cheaper. The bills themselves are pretty exciting because they are so colorful and they have animals on them (on one side, the other side has historical figures on it but let's face it, no one wants to look at that side).
10 mil colones is roughly $20 and has a very exciting sloth on it. 5 mil is my favorite because it's yellow and because the monkey is freaking adorable.
Sorry about the low quality. 2 mil is $4 and features a tiger shark. Rawr! The one mil note is smaller, flimsier, and has a deer on it - which just brings back memories of that deer that attacked me when I was five because I tried to feed it a cracker. Dad should have protected me, but he didn't so now I'm scarred for life (just kidding, Dad).
Money here also features big gold coins that weigh a lot, and tiny silver ones that are light they feel like plastic fake money. We use the coins for riding the bus (385 colones up the mountain to school and then the same on the way back down) and for buying milkshakes (which are the Costa Rican equivalent of FroYo).
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