This week we got the opportunity to go to a Tico style Rodeo. The next town (Palmares) is currently having a big carnival type event with rides, food, fun, and bull riding! Tickets to get into the rodeo cost 4000 colones (about 8 dollars). You can purchase discount tickets for only 1500 colones but the catch is that you have to stand down in the bull ring... and take your chances with the wild bulls! Don't worry mom..... I am pretty cheap but I opted for the expensive seats! There were a surprisingly large number of crazy people though that decided to take their chances.... all men of course! Haha....
The bull riding was pretty impressive! There were a couple traditionalists but there were a couple riders that rode with no hands and backwards! My favorite part was the horses and riders that lassoed the bulls after the ride! So cool. The most entertaining.... and nerve-racking part was when they let a large water buffalo named 'Ricky Martin' run around the ring... chasing all of those men in the cheap seats! It was crazy! There were some seriously close calls but no one got seriously injured. However, toward the end of the night... one guy was running from one of the small bulls after its rider got thrown off.... he was running as fast as he could and managed to scale the fence before the bulls jagged horns connected with his bee-hind. BUT the animal's horns managed to catch the bottom of his pant leg as he scaled the fence and he was pulled down by the bull and dragged around about half of the ring until he got loose! It was scary to watch! But the guy got up... without any serious injuries! .... except to his ego and his pants that were completely ripped apart!
Wow... now that's a rodeo! Can't image anything like that happing in the States! I hope to get some pics up soon! Love you all!
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Thanks for spending the money for the good seat! I was scared just reading about it. Love you, Mom
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