Fee Fie Pho... Yum! Andrew, Don't envy you the cold but all that ethnic food, ¡sí! While I really DO like gallo pinto and refrescos (especially mora en leche), I also miss good Thai food which is not in evidence in CR. Hopefully by the time I get moved to CR next year there will be good Thai food somewhere there. Stay warm! Cheers, Paul M. ==
WOW LUCKY! YOU ARE SOO LUCKY YOU GOT SOME SNOW!! WE GOT THE SMALLEST FLURY EVER!!!! ME ND LiZ MADE A SNOW BALL AND PUT iT iN THE FREEZER!!! i CANT BELiEVE iT iS STiLL THERE WELL G2G BYE
...MELiSSA..<333
Response to Susan Hola Susan: Thanks for your comments and most importantly, thanks for reading my blog! However, I think you'll need to ask Beth to start her own blog as I can barely keep up with my own life, let alone hers! -Andrew
What's up with Beth? Hi Andrew, I'm Beth's friend Susan, who lives in SEattle, I love your postings and was wondering if you'd throw in an occasional story about Beth, since it's nearly impossible to find out what's going on with her!
Any tidbits are appreciated.
Susan
I was at Jose's place in October 04 looking at property. We got stuck in the mud and Jose's friend pulled us out with a tractor. It is very beautiful there. I recommended your place to someone on discoverypressezboard just today. I ate at that little bar/restaurant. It was cheap and good. Yo le lei todos tus posts y disfrute leyendolo. Buena suerte con tu negocio, el salud, y el espanol tambien.
MUNI I must say that I completely understand you about the government issues. I'm costarican and I really don't think that waiting for hours to make a payment or something is part of the costa rican way of life. In fact, is the general tico belief of not making any kind of claim about services that makes government as slow as it could be. But believe me when I tell you that there's a lot of costarican people that are concerned about this problems and are also trying to change things. Don't get me wrong, We love the pura vida, but there are sometimes that things must get a little faster.
The Gran Hotel Costa Rica Hi Drew, Nice comments on the Gran Hotel in your blog today. I've never stayed there but occasionally like to go have a drink or snack on their 'verandah' and listen to the marimba band that plays in their courtyard sometimes. There are some interesting shots of the the Gran Hotel in the movie "Carnival in Costa Rica" which was filmed in 1947. There are also shots of downtown San Jose in this movie, and of various sites around the country, inclcuding the Orosi Valley, before the dam was built! It is fun to see familiar (or almost familiar) sights in CR as they looked almost 60 years ago! Cheers! Paul M. ==
Yo, Andy! An A+ for your efforts, especially in regard to your perceptive remarks about m,y chopsen country. The only problem I have in living here is that I am too darn happy and keep looking around to see who is coming up behind me to take it away. Tom
Settling into costarrican life... Drew, It is alwasy interesting to read of your 'progress' in ticolandia as you continue to become more immersed in the place and ways of the country and its people. I am happy for your writings since, as I approach my retirement your views are helpful in dispelling the occasional second thoughts I have about whether I really should move there or not. I learn a little something new about the culture from each new blog that you post. Thanx! -Paul M. ==
Perfumes around the yard Drew, You could be smelling a lily -or more likely an orchid blooming in one of the trees beside the house. I know that there were several different species I noticed in trees around the property. Many orchids emit fairly powerful scents to attract their pollinators from a long distancce. Follow your nose upwind on a not-too-breezy day and I'll bet you'll discover the source. Don't you just love a good mystery? -Paul ==
Getting to Playa Herradura Hey Jen, Bill and Callista! Getting to Playa Herradura is simple. Just follow the road to Jaco and about 10km north of Jaco, just hang a right at the "Playa Herradura" sign, and you're there! --Andrew
Looking good down there Bet you miss the snow and cold weather we're having these days (ha!!) It's not suppossed to snow in Virginia in December (and stick around). Enjoy your holidays. Eric
Bogotá impressions Thanx Drew, I enjoyed this entry. I visited Colombia in '91 but never got to see Bogotá. I landed in Medellin, also a very interesting city, and toured by bus down thru Cali, Manizales, Neiva, and Popayan. It is a very big country to try to see in two weeks. Your photos of Bogotá make me want to take a visit there. -Paul
Continue to enjoy the blogs... ...and the good news with the progress of your business...and that you've found a decent bagel (Tell Beth : "Oh Mike, nobody cares...")
Anyhow gald to hear you are working something out with the airlines so I cna book my trip w/them and you.
Ciao4now
Davidcito
San José pix . . . Hi Drew - Another very interesting post... Enjoyed the pix of San José; makes me realize that I'm already homesick for CRica -and I'm not even there in CR permanently yet. You managed to snap some nice, representative shots of the city: the Parque Morazán Bandshell, the Parque Central Bandshell, the Mercado Central, and the Teatro Nacional (have you been inside yet? - it's got truly glorious interiors!) I was also impressed with the photo looking down a side-street in SJ; don't know where it is but that's one of the most attractive non-touristy shots of a SJ street that I've seen in a long time. I recognize it but cannot place it exactly.... Cheers! Paul M. ==
Socio-economic thoughts Good thought info at end on economy und region status relates to US. Mention WalMart slave labor in Costa Rica no less!
Like to see cookbook tico photos!
Keep you up!
Hans.
Publishing, anyone? Andrew, I do hope that you are saving all of your journalistic musings. Will you write a book about moving to Costa Rica, and your adventures, misadventures, and mishaps?
Cheyenne
Tico inventiveness Drew, Continue to enjoy you blog entries. Glad to read that the 'hiney haircut' was a success for Osita. As to the truck and the electrical wire... I have always been amazed by some the things ticos do to problem solve. As long as the insulation was on that wire, it wasn't wet, and the guy wasn't grounded (rubber shoe soles or the tires on the truck) it was prolly safe to raise the wire up. Besides, I suspect they had done that more than a few times on deliveries to get the truck under low wires. -Paul ==
I moved to Costa Rica in June of 2005, giving up my corporate life in the U.S. So, this blog is all about Costa Rica, my experiences here, relocation tour company, and real estate development company, I am running full time! I will post regularly so check back often!
Links!
Retirement tour: http://www.BoomersInCostaRica.com <--coming back soon!
Real Estate: http://www.crcommunities.com
Pura Vida!
Andrew
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Fee Fie Pho... Yum!
Andrew, Don't envy you the cold but all that ethnic food, ¡sí! While I really DO like gallo pinto and refrescos (especially mora en leche), I also miss good Thai food which is not in evidence in CR. Hopefully by the time I get moved to CR next year there will be good Thai food somewhere there. Stay warm! Cheers, Paul M. ==