Top five reasons I'll never pass for Tica:

In Costa Rica there are many "white" people with light hair and light colored eyes... so I thought maybe one day I will fit in and pass for Tica. Here are the top five reasons i've been told, "you'll never pass for Tica":

1. "Your clothes are weird...nobody wears dresses with tennis shoes."

2. "Your hair is crazy....women here don't shave their head."

3. "Your Spanish has a Mexican accent."

4. "You're too friendly."

five. My favorite one..the one from my husband: "Mi amor there are many people here with white skin, like you have. And even people with green eyes, like you have... But NOBODY has white eyebrows, like you have."