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Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » San José » Chompas September 27th 2007

Sept 27 A dirt road connects Quepos on the Pacific to Dominical, also on the Pacific. It's been a few years since I've been here, and not much has changed except there's a few more real estate offices, and several developments up in the hills. I drove around with Brian Skinner from South Coast Realty, and he showed me several develpments. The nicest / best deal was an area called Cascada Azul, about 15 minutes from the beach. The lots are about 3 acres, all have nice jungle and valley views, and most have some ocean views. The prices range from 80K to 150K. Believe it or not, I made an offer on one lot. It was the 150K lot, but the offer wasn't accepted. Brian is a good guy, and if you want to email ... read more
Beach South of Dominical
In Front of Costa Paraiso in Dominical
Doug, Jen and Enid


After leaving monteverde at 3pm, such a short visit a bit of a shame, we lost M, she decided to go back to San Jose yet again and send some stuff home, and we’ll meet her somewhere in Nicaragua. So D and I jump out of the bus in chompas to await the next bus, suddenly there is a bit of a commotion. The driver and assistant are standing looking down at the tire, which appears obviously flat. Shrugging his shoulders the assistant waves his hand out toward the tire and the driver gives it a wallop of a kick...nothing happens...seconds pass...nothing happens…With a shrug of the shoulder he reboards the bus. We haven’t heard from M since I hope she's ok. The photo here is of the evening ride to libera.... read more




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