Taxis are a very common means of public transportation here in Costa Rica. You can easily tell what cars are taxis because they are all red (every shade, size, make and model), they have a yellow triangle on the side that says the name (or abbreviation) of the province to which they pertain and the number of the taxi. The license plate is in red writing (personal vehicles get blue) and it says TH (for Taxi de Heredia, my province) and then the taxi number. Most also have the little taxi light thingy on top of the car. If you ride in a taxi like that, you are insured. But, if you ride in a taxi pirata (one that doesn't have any of the features described above), you're on your own, so it's strongly discouraged. Check out the great joke a couple kids make on taxi pirata at the youth group costume night on Friday!
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