http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Costa Rica , Alajuela , Atenas en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:49:31 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:49:31 +0000 Atenas is beautiful but the twisty roads had us dropping like flies. Even Pietro succumbed to a bout of car sickness. Piper and I spent the day vaguely nauseated. We saw some beautiful land and homes and a very nice internet cafe. We did have a great meal at an Italian Restaurant that was worth the drive to Atenas all by itself. Once out of the van our appetites returned and we all enjoyed lunc http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-354179.html HellooooooooooooHere we are....again itrsquos 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 ove http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-251428.html 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 I've just had the most peaceful and relaxing experience of my trip so far. In fact this is the most inner peace I've felt in a very long time. I've had a good time in Costa Rica so far and I come back from a nice evening and a nice dinner. I get back to my father's house and just walk out to the edge of the hill. I look down into the valley below and just see little twinkling lights of houses http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-81180.html Green Valley School was started by two Costa Rican women who felt it was important for students to have bilingual education. They started with just the early grades then added rooms and grade levels as students progressed.They now have students in grades 111 final grade of high school. Most of the students plan to attend university.Sunia teaches in the elementary school. Students can identi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-54223.html Carlos is understandably proud of his finca. On steep slopes on the ridge above the house he carries on a long family tradition of raising quality coffee. They are part of a cooperative in Atenas that markets the coffee under the brand name 'Cafe Villa.'Coffee is very labor intensive because it doesn't all mature at the same time. You can have flowers little green berries and mature red berr http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-53786.html Since doing a third grade project to save the rainforest Sunia has always dreamed of Costa Rica. Upon completing her student teaching in January 2006 she launched herself on a 4 12 month adventure as a volunteer teacher in Atenas Costa Rica. Atenas is West of San Jose... for reference it is located at about the e in Caldera on the Costa Rican map referenced at the bottom of the page.She http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Atenas/blog-53500.html