Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 449

it has only been a few days since i last checked in, but it feels like a week has gone by! in a good way! happy birthday to NAN and CALA. not everyone can be a virgo....poor souls! and cala & vic...congrats on your marriage. i wish i could have been there to share in the celebration. you are a sweet and inspiring couple and i wish you muchos años of love and happiness. yesterday i arrived in beautiful montezuma. the beaches here are absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!! they vary so much....the texture of the beach changes from blackish sand, to shells, to rocks, to whitish sand. there are rocky headlands separating each beach....and the forest comes right up to the beach. yesterday i was exhausted from spending the night on the tile floor of the ferry station ... read more

9/02/06 Saturday Day 2 at Hacienda Guachipelin (the Ranch) last day Again, little sleep, lots of interruptions, up before 06:00! Yup, again woke up just after twilight, very cool, I guessed @73F. Refreshing, no prevailing smells! So off I go.....just outside the entrance I found the sign: "Lookout Poiint"....up the trail. COOL! Its a stucco 'rancho' with electricity and a banjo (bathroom) up on a knoll that is higher than the Ranch. Looks out over the forrest with an excellent view of the mountains, particularly, Rincon. OK, so I got pics on previous blog from this adventure, sue me! Lots of clouds coming from the Carribean side, clear towards the Pacific. There is a plaque embedded in the post says to the effect, the Electrical Society Association errected the building in 1997. (looks less than a ... read more

Tuesday started as every other day starts here. We get up at 6:30 so that we can be out of the painters’ way when they start at 7. As is often the case we were headed to the other side of the valley, and out of our comfort zone. We were going to meet a highly recommended guy about buying all of our appliances. We were early, and the guy was on Tico-time so we went into a paint-store to buy some supplies, and in typical Klein-fashion we locked the keys in the car. The appliance guy was over an hour late, and it took almost that whole time to get some locals to break into the car for us. Once we were finally done with the meeting and we were talking about other issues of ... read more

Mike, Gerardo and I have just gotten back from a few days in San Carlos. What a great place! This is the third time we have ventured around the area and seem to enjoy the town more and more. We decided to head back up there for the day and check out a farm we had looked at last week. Funny part was that we didn’t expect to spend the night so we had no change of clothes, no toothbrushes, no hair brush, etc. What fun! Toothbrushes were easy enough to obtain but forget about a hairbrush (it took me 20 minutes to brush the dreads out of my hair this evening) and a change of clothes was simply not happening. No big deal. I’ve backpacked for long periods of time without a change of ... read more

Festejos Patronales San Ramon 2006, August 24 to September 3. Our little town of San Ramon came alive. The preparations for the festival began while Craig was here earlier in the month. Roofs were built above the sidewalks surrounding the central park. ICE, our electric company strung electrical wiring all around the park and installing extra lights where needed. We were not prepared for what was about to hit our quiet, sleepy town. Wednesday, August 30th, Callista and I headed to town leaving Bill at home with the yard work. Our local friends had told us it was the ‘big’ day in town for the festival. Cal and I LOVE street festivals so we excited to see what made this day different than the others during the festivities. What a SURPRISE! Our first inclination that something ... read more