|Things to do |Places to go |
|–|–|
|**Buy fruit, coffee, or flowers** |Mercado Central in San José|
|**Surfing** |The Pacific shore (Jaco Beach, Santa Teresa Beach, Tamarindo Beach) |
|**go to the *carreta* festival** |Sarchí |

See the table.

1. In Costa Rica, coffee is harvested **from November to January.**

2. The currency of Costa Rica is **colón.**

3. The three common transportation methods in Costa Rica are **cars, buses, and planes.**

| |Costa Rica’s Mercado Central |Uruguay’s Mercado del Puerto |
|–|–|–|
|**Location** | San José, capital of Costa Rica|Montevideo, capital of Uruguay |
|**What you can buy** |fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, handicrafts, clothes, accessories, souvenirs |meat, vegetables, handicrafts (this market has more restaurants and fewer stalls with things to buy) |
|**Where you can eat** |restaurants inside the market; you can eat traditional Costa Rican food|restaurants inside the market; the food is typical Uruguayan, mostly asado (grilled meat) |

See the table.