So, are you fluent, they ask me? After being in this country for several years you would think so. I have found learning Spanish, and I am talking about the holy grail of “fluency” and not simply being able to ask where the bathroom is, to be one of the great struggles of my 47 […]
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One thing you get used after living in Costa Rica through a few winter seasons is rain. The winter season is also sometime called our “wet” season, but we in the travel biz frown on that negative description. Instead we like to refer to that time of the year as the “green” season. The idea […]
ICE (no it is not pronounced the same as frozen water, but “ee-say”) is our government run utility that provides every household and business with its electrical power (via the division CNFL) and telephone service. At the present time there are no alternatives to ICE, so you’d better be nice. ICE is a beloved institution […]
I remember the very first time I visited Monteverde. Yuri and I drove up there in a Hyundai Sedan, which has very little undercarriage clearance and is certainly not meant for off-road activity. It was Yuri’s car and he warned me sternly that it was not the right vehicle for such an adventure. I told […]
This is a resurrection of an early post to my first blogger blog. One can easily see right away upon visiting Costa Rica that ticos love their dogs. Driving through the countryside you will see dogs of all breeds and generally in well-fed and healthy condition. The exception is San Jose where like most big […]
Okay I am sure anyone who might actually be reading this stuff is thinking, now your stretching it Costa Rica Guy! San Jose traffic has to rival anything in the world, in negative terms. Maybe there are not as many cars on the road as say New York City, but the condition of the roads […]
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