http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Alternatives/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Alternatives en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:02:42 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:02:42 +0000 October 10Yesterday Tuesday the 9th the money was wire transferred and the paperwork was finished. I'm not exactly the owner of three lots. What I am is the major only shareholder of three different corporations which each own one lot. And I am the president of each corporation. Everything is bought in Costa Rica through corporations. The lawyer did the title searches to make sure the property http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-211764.html October 5 Im sitting in the internet cafe adjacent the land developers office who I just made a deal with to purchase 3 ocean view lots about 40 minutes from the airport. One of the lots is actually for Jurgen but if he doesnt pay me for it within a year Ill keep it. Too bad the internet cafe in Atenas where Im staying isnt as nice as this one. Anyway heres a website t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/San-Ramon/blog-208586.html October 4It's Thursday morning in Atenas. I'm sitting at an internet cafe lined with 7 slow computers and 5 young school girls dressed in their standard light blue uniforms. I don't know why they aren't in school right now. Anyway I trekked through the jungle the last two days but not on a guided rain forest tour. I'm looking at possible real estate investments. The first place was down a rocky http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/San-Ramon/blog-208290.html October 1I'm back in Atenas hanging out at the Colinas del Sol with Jurgen the owner. And do I have videos. I've got 'em of Jurgen bargaining with a shop owner Jurgen being corrected by a Tica about the myth he's been telling everyone about a metal church in Grecia that was supposed to be delivered to Peru but was shipped to Costa Rica in error and I've got your Costa Rica Karaoke videos. I've http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Arenal/blog-207362.html Sept 27A dirt road connects Quepos on the Pacific to Dominical also on the Pacific. It's been a few years since I've been here and not much has changed except there's a few more real estate offices and several developments up in the hills. I drove around with Brian Skinner from South Coast Realty and he showed me several develpments. The nicest best deal was an area called Cascada Azul abou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/Chompas/blog-207358.html Sept 24 httpwww.journeysbypaul.com for more stories and pics I'm still Jaco at the Best Western. The waves were pretty nice outside the hotel at around noon. That's when the tide was almost at peak high. I caught several head high to 2 feet overhead lefts. The peaks were shifting which I liked because it gave the five of us that were out there plenty of waves. The rides weren't real l http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/blog-205248.html Sept 24 I made it into San Jose with no problems. Both flights were early. I rented a car at the airport for 205 for a week it's the off season and got to my hotel Colinas del Sol by about 815 p.m. local time mountain time. The place was dead when I got there so the yards keeper let me into my room. He told me Jurgen pronounced Yurgun was around but was a bar or restaurant at the tim http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/blog-204980.html Sept 22 I'll be heading down to Costa Rica on Sept 22. I'm going to be traveling sans laptop for a change. I'm taking a cue from Marie remember her and will try to live life rather than write about it. By the way I got an email from Robert in France. He's going to do a photo shoot in Africa later this month but he said he has an assignment in Mexico next month and he wants me to meet http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/blog-204030.html For a unique perspective on France check out Paul Ogier's www.journeysbypaul.com http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-113842.html It was a pretty smooth ride. I had minimal traffic navigating through Cleveland home of the rock and roll hall of fame. I finally got off highway 80 and got onto highway 90 for the rest of the trip. Highway 90 parallels Lake Erie through Ohio Pennsylvania and New York until it gets to Buffalo. After Buffalo the road heads pretty much due east passing Rochester and Syracuse to the north and the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-62787.html