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Published: December 9th 2012
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Ian in the kitchen
A very good place for him to be .....:) Well, after 4.5 weeks in Tamarindo, we decided to split. OK so don't hate us, we are not bored in Costa Rica....we are in need of a new adventure! I think that staying in one place that long was a mistake as it has started to get a bit monotonous. It would be a great place to live, if you had something to do every day Besides, napping, walking, reading, swimming, reading lol. We finally met some of the other people at our place, and they were also having encounters of the creepy crawly kind too. Everyone had encountered the scorpions but one other lucky couple also had a tarantula!
Speaking of tarantulas......
we have rented a car and are heading out tomorrow into the Central mountains to an area called Monteverde. Home central of tarantulas apparently.... ( What am I thinking??? better to face your fears right? ) we are planning to stay in a hostel for a few days then back to the beach to a surfer town called Jaco for a few days after that. We met a couple on one of our travels and that's where they are so we are going to
Don't know
Some kind of fruit/nut hanging on a tree...didn't look edible visit with them and check it out. It has been rumoured we will be doing some zip lining too.....OOO MMMM GGGG!
One thing I wanted to speak about here is the difference in service you get here than home. I have read about everything being slower here but my goodness! When you sit in a restaurant, you are lucky if a waiter/ waitress approaches with within 10 minutes. Then when they take your order, and IF they get it right, it takes another long time to get the food, or another beer and forget about a coffee or tea refill, those don't happen. Ian and I went out for breakfast the other day and we ordered a tea, and a breakfast sandwich, ( hold the ham) a cup of hot water and a fruit plate. What eventually arrived was a cup of coffee, a glass of Water, a sandwich with ham and a fruit plate. He reminded her about the cup of hot water for me, she smiled walked away and never returned with it. He had to go get it himself and switch the coffee for his tea. LOL but it's all pura VIDA
Pit bull
He is one of many of the "beach dogs" they all seem friendly but a few are a bit "cheeky" baby. Actually as we have been travelling around a bit more we have noticed its not like that everywhere. We did meet a fellow Canuck-Steve that has opened a restaurant on the beach, that offers amazing service. He's going to make it, or die trying.
We continue to practice our Spanish lessons most days, but most people know enough English that its not that big of an issue. As we venture out of this country though we will need to know it, so we press on.
On our travels we notice lots of farm land. The farmers here build fences but not in the traditional way. Most of the fences here are sections of trees that they have cut down. For example a 30 foot tree, stripped of all it's branches and leaves and bucked into 10 foot lengths, then stuck into the ground. What happens next is....because the earth here is so fertile and temperature so warm, and so wet , these sections grow. So everywhere you look you have these living fences ( term coined by Ian) I think it's pretty cool. I don't have any pictures but
Beautiful butterfly
I saw a butterfly flutter by will take one on our next road trip and post it. One sad thing to see its all the clearing of the land to get these farm Lands. Everywhere you look you see people clearing and burning. Heres a few facts copied: Costa Rica demonstrates biodiversity conservation for developing countries. Over twenty-seven percent of the country’s land has a protected status as national parks, wildlife refuges, forest preserves, and more. The Costa Rican government is active in protecting its biodiversity for the ecological services they provide. The government imposes a five percent tax on gasoline to generate revenue to pay landowners to refrain from clear-cutting on their land and instead to create tree plantations. This provides Costa Ricans, or “Ticos” as they call themselves, incentive to become active tree farmers instead of cattle ranchers. Tree farms provide some habitat for wildlife, enabling some measure of biodiversity to remain in these areas despite humans’ use of these natural resources.
Ad that's it for now folks....will check back in a few days after more adventures!!
Love to all
Karen.
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Warren C. Bennett
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Where i live now are all kinds of trees. I live in the middle of a pretty good sized town, but there are areas here you wouldn't be able to tell. In Jefferson City, the Capitol of Missouri and a city about 20 minutes to the south of me, I went on a hay ride with my friend's family about a month ago. We stayed inside Jefferson City, but we were in this wilderness area surrounded by farms. I really liked that - you could only tell we were in a 'city' after dark, when the lights of all the surrounding houses came on. Anyway, Enjoy all your pictures! I am not a fan of tarantulas though. I think I'd be wearing shoes everywhere too, even when going to the restroom in the middle of the night...