Waz Up ? After Alaska we went to stay with other friends in the Philadelphia area. The day after we arrived there we went to NEW YORK !!!! Rich came with us and played tour guide for the day, he did a really good job. It took us two hours in the car to get to the Big Apple, parked the car and went walking for about 7 hours. And yes, after that we were pretty tired....pfff We went to: Broadway 42nd street were all the theaters/musicals are, lots of advertisements in neon lights Visited St. Patricks cathedral, very impressive with [View Full Entry]

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Hello again, Yes, this is right ! we actually went to Alaska. Ken and Peggy invited us some time ago and we decided to just go ! it took us three flights to get there, almost mist the one from Chicago to Anchorage but fortunately for us the flight was delayed as well and we were the last people boarding pffff. The luggage didn’t make it though, that arrived a day later when we already were in Homer. We arrived in Anchorage at midnight and it was still light, very strange. Next morning our first run was to a store to [View Full Entry]

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Hola amigos, Just a short one this time, was home alone (Willeke) because Kees was taking our friends on a tour through a big part of Costa Rica. They are filming all the Holland Hotels Costa Rica www.hollandhotelscr.com to make a promotion dvd, great huh ? yep ! so didn't have much time to do anything actually, been busy all the time. Early may Willeke went with guests to visit a vanilla project, the guests invested in this and wanted to see if the plants were actually there....and yes....after a 3 hour drive we finally looked at the plants and ALL [View Full Entry]

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Just for all the animal lovers among you....some pictures of Chica and her babies. They are so very cute, the two dogs Lucky and Pluto love to help mama Chica with cleaning the babies and she lets them. It’s amazing to watch the big dogs being so carefull with the tiny kittens. No need for a lot of words, so just enjoy ! **** Voor alle dierenliefhebbers onder jullie....wat foto’s van Chica en haar kindjes. Ze zijn zo schattig, en de twee honden Lucky en Pluto helpen Chica graag met het schoonlikken van de kleintjes, wat Chica ook toe laat. Het [View Full Entry]

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We moved ! no kidding ! Our house is a different colour now, so it feels like we live in another house....we love it, it’s much more cosier than white! It was a lot of work but the result is great. Kees started in january already, sanding and varnishing the wood so he is done with painting for a year ..... Togehter with our Tico friends Jolie and Nelson and some other Ticos which we didn’t know, we went to Rio Celeste. It’s a national park an hour and a half away from us. Nelson’s brother owns a couple of cabinas [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, How are you ? we would like to hear that.... We are doing great, getting some guests and in between we are doing a lot of other things. Thanks to the people who send us the grape cuttings from Holland. Twelve out of fourteen are getting leaves, so we have to find a place in the sun and without a lot of wind for them to grow. Maybe in a couple of years we will have our own grapes....can’t wait. Our neighbours surprised us with black berries from their garden hmmm, we’ll get a cutting from that one too. [View Full Entry]

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Helloooooooooooo, Here we are....again ! it’s still windy but the sun is shining, we have a lot of blue sky around and the temperature is very nice offcourse. We traded our Mazda for a Toyota 4Runner, no we apply to the slogan of our province: Guanacaste is Toyota Country ! In Grecia, close to San Jose, you have approx. 160 cardealers which means that there are a lot of people selling cars overthere. Some have 5 cars for sale, others 10 or more. It’s very simple, you park your car alongside the road and walk from one place to another [View Full Entry]

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Hola hola, Gelukkig nieuwjaar en veel geluk en gezondheid in 2008 ! Het hele verhaal hebben jullie allemaal natuurlijk al gelezen dus deze keer alleen de foto's. Vanwege de stroomuitval ook niet verkeerd...het gaat aan en uit...het word nu al weer beter gelukkig. Gebeurt niet zo vaak dat er zo'n orkaan langs raast en bomen omver doet waaien die op telefoon/electriciteitskabels vallen.....hmmm veel plezier met de fotos en tot de volgende keer, hasta la pasta Kees en Willeke www.monteterras.com Hola hola, Happy New Year and a lot of happiness and good health for 2008 ! We have been very busy in [View Full Entry]

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Hi everybody, This month we had a meeting from the Holland Hotels Costa Rica. It was in the Guayabolodge close to the Turrialba volcano. Very nice place and a great view, when it’s clear you can see the cerro the la muerte which is the highest mountain in this country as well as the Chirripo, the highest volcano. We drove with our friend Peter and got lost in San Jose, we saw signs of Cuba, Haiti, Mexico....but finally we made it. And then we had to drive for more than 3 hours to get home. Fortunately we found some friends who [View Full Entry]

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Hi everybody, Time flies.....so many things happened the last month, don’t know where to start....let me think ! Okay, first Kees went to a vanilla and teak plantation, up north close to Los Chiles. He went together with a guest who had invested in the vanilla. It was very interesting to see how they work there and to learn about vanilla. Everybody knows about teak, but not about vanilla. The plant doesn’t produce the beans until it’s three years old. It takes some time but it’s worth it. They got some beans as a gift, and boy do they smell great [View Full Entry]

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