Blogs from San Ramon, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 11

wish you were......wait a minute, every woman down here is so beautiful! I won't show pics you have to see for yourself! My focus gets disrupted when in town, driving or walking, 'its good on the eyes', as told to me recently. So, I have been lax in updates, horrible with the pics, and busy with NOTHING. not really, but gee its mid October! The weather at sundown has dropped, yes it is cooler above 3500 feet. probably COLD higher up the mountains, ya think? IN FACT, a gentleman I met today, said it DOES snow here up the mountain, JUST flurries. But still, just imagine your up high enough in these mountains, thinking it "NEVER" will snow in CR.... UH, what was that tea you're drinking???? The Terios is a rental of Renee, an architect ... read more

This has been great! Being in the mountains is just difficult to get away from. I will be exploring the West coast this week to see what I can see. This past weekend was a side adventure back up to Zarcero and beyond. Out east from there thru Palmira towards Poas and the Chayote reserve. Found a road thru the dairys, and up the mountain, it was PAVED! Heading down between Chayote and Grecia reserves, the switchbacks turned to gravel for about 2 miles. Slow but OK. Then down along the rivers back on asphault, came upon Torro de Carate....not on the map. Great stop for the waterfall. Quaint little place with rooms for the night, restaraunt, and garden path to view the waterfall. It appeared to be about 100ft maybe a tad more....to me anyway. ... read more

I decided I would head to the beach this weekend to get a little R&R because things are definitely getting busy again, starting in October for the “high season” in Costa Rica and I didn’t know when I would be able to get away again. The bookings just seem to rolling in now for the U.S. winter (which I’m thrilled about). So, I headed to my favorite beach area Quepos/Manuel Antonio. All was going well at first: the weather was beautiful when I arrived on Friday and my favorite hotel, “Hotel Manuel Antonio” (right on the beach near the national park), had rooms—and they always give me a good rate. Friday was a good day. Saturday was a beautiful day as well but not a good day for me and my $!#$@*^@$*!$*%^%# car! I decided I ... read more

I’ve spent this past week doing a combination of entertaining my friend Terry who is visiting for three weeks and doing more work than I have time for! Whatever happened to “Pura Vida” anyways! Actually, I cannot complain as last weekend I spent on the Pacific Coast and this week I spent on the Caribbean coast. The Caribbean coast…. I really love the Caribbean coast! It’s just not as built up as the Pacific Coast and there are still some good real estate deals there! I stayed at a cool B&B, Banana Azul, right on the beach in Puerto Viejo. While there, I learned that someone bought the land right behind Banana Azul, about 2000 meters, for $45,000! My God, one block to the beach and a perfectly flat piece of land with tons of room ... read more

Hi there, I´m Terry the keeper of this site! I kept a log long before I entered into the world of Blogs, I have always been a late bloomer in that respect. My story in brief is as follows. I was 42 and living in Washington DC. After 3 attempts, early in 2005 I found that Dream Job! One that makes you come in early, work through lunch and stay late by choice. Event Planning was a foreign world to me but one I embraced quickly. I soon found out that my dream job was at a nightmare company! Everyday there were new faces and everyday someone was on the chopping block from the head honcho. I, with my pop psychology degree, diagnosed him with site-specific manic depression topped off with bi-polar disorder. Oh, not to ... read more