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Yesterday Francisco and his family and I went to see some property aways south of here. This American has a large block of land that he is developing. It looks like quite an ambitious effort and I hope he has the money to see it through to the end because by the looks of it, it is going to take a lot. Beautiful lots though with ocean views in the distance and nice valleys to look at. I'm posting a picture of a beautiful meal I had at OBJ, Outback Jack's, a couple of nights ago, for you to salivate over. I spent a very quiet day by the pool trying to finish all the fruit I had left and catching as many rays as possible. There are about four boats out on the ocean, the ... read more

Last night I was treated to participating in what I would call a "home study" only the home was a restaurant owned and operated by Luz, one of the English students. Vanessa, who by now you have heard me mention several times, is the teacher and in this case the students are more or less adults. We shared in some food and conversation and I couldn't believe how quickly the time flew by. Luz hosted the study at her roadside restaurant and at times it was difficult hearing everyone with the big trucks going by. She made us tortillas filled with cheese and were the size of an individual pizza. This group of people were so excited to see me you'd have thought they were meeting the Queen or something. The youngest is 12 and the ... read more

Big decisions had to be made...should we go to the Caribbean side of CR - likely Limon or go on a day cruise to Tortuga Island which is an island in the Gulf of Nicoya. We eventually decided on the cruise which included b'fast, non-alcoholic drinks on the catamaran, an amazing lunch on the beach, snorkeling and banana boat rides. They also had a traditional band that played for us prior to boarding for the island and when we were on the island itself. The service was impeccable, the fish beautiful, the sand the nicest we have seen and the company quite good. We even met some people from Saskatoon if you can imagine. Unfortunately I will not post any pictures of this trip as I took limited pictures and none of them are particularly post ... read more

Two days ago we decided that we would go for an adventure to another rain forest - and if we got lost - well so be it. Then we changed our mind and decided that we would leave our car at the Hilton in Puntarenas, where it would be safe, and take a bus. However, when we arrived at the Hilton the young lady assured me that it would be a much better idea to drive ourselves - so that we could stop and take pictures etc. that you would need to go slow on some parts but no problem - BIG MISTAKE. Firstly, the bus only cost about 5.00 round trip so based on that alone we, or should I say, I should have not co-erced CC into taking the car and we should have ... read more

A couple of days ago we went to Carara National Park and is known as the nesting grounds for the scarlet macaws. It had some nice hiking trails and we saw this one insect that looked like a dragon fly only it had two levels of wings that rotated and looked more like a helicopter in its movement; very cool but we couldn't get a picture. By the way, there are no mosquitoes right now because it is summer and there is no rain... much better I think than winter which is the rainy season. Jaco is a party place, so of course I know nothing about it...well actually it has some great beaches. Clive and I spent one afternoon in Jaco, swimming, sunning, having a beer (well I had beer Clive had Coca Cola) and ... read more