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rick n laura - Richard Erdrich

Laura nad I are about to fufill one of our long time dreams. We have moved to the Centrtal Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We have had a house build in what is known as Playa Hermosa. This is just 5 miles south of one of the largest coast citys in Costa Rica. Jaco is the hub of the central Pacific Coast. After 33 years as an educator, teacher, principal and superintendent, it is time to enjoy life. As they say in Costa Rica, Pura Vida, which translates litterally to "the good life"

We are located about an hour and a half by the old road from the capital, San Jose. This is where you would fly into if you were coming to visit us. We will be here for most of the winter months that all of you experience in the good old U.S. of A.

Weather is a balmy 85 degrees most of the year, dry season is from around November-December to August-September.

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By rick n laura
December 25th 2009

Feliz Navidad-Feliz Neuva Anyo Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

Cuidado! Don't fall off that wall

Greetings fellow bloggers and wanna- bees. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you! I hope that as you read this blog today, you are enjoying family and friends over a warm fire with eggnog and turkey, ham or your favorite (as in our case, Cabio). Yep, you guessed it.....horse. Ok, when in Rome do as the Romans do. More on Cabio in a bit. Laura and I spent our first Christmas in the tropics. Let see, how much can be said for having Christmas in a different country... Lots. it seems as though we have been down this [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
November 16th 2009

Summer travels and update Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

Creaters of the Moon Nat. Park

Greetings to all of you old bloggers and to all of you new enlistees. Many of you have asked about the blog and why you haven't heard from us for so long. Well to tell you the truth I though that since we were both back in the states we would see or talk to most of you at some time durring the summer and Fall months. As it turned out, that was the case for most of you. It is now November 21 and Laura and I have returned to Costa Rica for the next 6 months. The 5th wheel [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
May 12th 2009

Almost 3 months Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

Maranon

Gosh, where does the time go? Seems like we just arrived. Well this Central American country insists that you leave every 90 days, until you have established residency. We will be working on that but probably not for another year or until you know who starts receiving his Social Security. Laura is one step ahead of me, but we need to show a combined income and we are not wanting to ship our retirement down here just yet. So that means we leave the country every 90 days. This is a little sticky at times, only becasuse Gringos think it means [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
April 28th 2009

What you don't know before can hurt afterwards! Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

Furniture arriving

Welcome blog readers. Glad to see that you are all still hanging in there. We are finally getting the hang of a Third World Country. Still have no idea how to get around San Jose, but that will come over time. ( may be in the next 10 years) As long as I can find my way to and from the airport we will be in good shape. All of our stuff finally arived. That is the good thing. Once it made it into the country it was shipped to San Jose to go through Ccoustoms. Nothing like we think of [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
April 20th 2009

Settleing In and figuring out how to relax Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

new look in summer coats

Hello everyone, I know it has been a few weeks since the last blog and you are all wondering if it was just a fluke that I managed to get one complete with pictures and dialog as well. Well I can tell you it has been hectic for the past few weeks. Our good friends, ( like family) were here for a week & so much of our time was taken up with them. What an experience they had. Here is a good tip for all of you worldly travelers... Make sure if you decide to travel to Costa Rica, that [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
April 3rd 2009

Third attempt Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

World Traveler

Greeting one and all, I talked with my sister Lynda in Taiwan yesterday who also has a blog. I was trying to figure out this picture thing and I guess it is tougher than expected, so you need to be patient with me. I am hopeful that I can do it today. I found out that I need to have all of my dialog written before trying to upload pictures. So for the third time, I am going to try and hopefully, you will be able to see some of the happenings of our adventures so far. We had our first [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
March 31st 2009

Second Entry. Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

I have finally managed to figure out how to import pictures, but not sure if they are going to be included with this blog. I will keep trying until I get it right. If the pictures do hapen to show up, enjoy them. there are plenty more where these came from. I just wish I had all of our previous pic's to share, but they are now happy with the Columbians.. who stole our computer. But don't get me started... [View Full Entry]

By rick n laura
March 30th 2009

first entry Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Heredia

Hello, from sunny warm Costa Rica, This is our first blog and I am not sure things are working as planned, but if any one of you gets this, We are sure to hear from you about it. I will keep this short as I don't want to spend too much time not knowing if it is going to get through to you. Keep looking and let us know if yuou receive it. Talk to you all soon. [View Full Entry]

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