Man lately it has been extremely windy here in Santo Domingo. And every time I turn on the TV and turn into my favorite U.S. news chanel (hey I have to stay informed), there is a lot of wind there too…or maybe it would better be described as “hot air.” It seems that this whole […]
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I love this whole concept of blogging. This way I can voice my complaints to the entire world wide web, or at least that portion of it that would actually read my rants. So here goes another one. One thing that gets under my skin worse than anything under the sun is a judgmental attitude […]
It seems every other day I read in La Nación about another of Costa Rica’s species “disappearing.” Most recently, the Lapas of Sarapiquí, but before that, salamanders, and then last year, the Sapo Holdridge (a rain forest frog, which is now considered extinct). I give credit to La Nación for at least writing about these […]
You gotta love the Costa Rican Immigration Department. They hand out residencies based on “marriages for convenience” left and right, but just try to get your residency the hard and legitimate way. Now that’s another story. The inefficiency of the department is historic. It is a place where files get mysteriously lost and lines wrap […]
Living in a country where the “mullet” is still “in” I am a little peeved that former governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has been kicked out of office and personally ruined on account of what some consider bad hair. What happened to the concept of “due process” in the U.S.? Shouldn’t the guy have been […]
I don’t know about you, but lately this “economic crisis” is getting on my nerves. I mean selling a Costa Rica vacation these days is like trying to sell ice to an Eskimo. It looks like the only way I am going to get business these days is to pay you guys (that is, all […]
When Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Alberto Granado set out to conquer the continent of South America one kilometer at a time, what was their chosen instrument of travel…..La Poderosa, man! This incredible journey is documented in Che’s diaries, published in English as The Motorcycle Diaries and immortalized in the movie of the same name. La Poderosa […]
Life seems to remind me more and more these days that I sure ain’t no “spring chicken” anymore. I mean there are those little aches and pains that show up each time I try to do anything my body is not accustomed to. At that point we have a choice. Just give in and don’t […]
This morning I say adios to the end of a great year and bienvenidos to the start of a new one. I always begin a new year by remembering what was accomplished during the previous one. I believe the thing that was most notable in the year just ended is that I began to understand more of “what” […]
There is no doubting the economic storm that is blowing at hurricane force around the world these days. It’s a real mess out there! Being in Costa Rica does not make one immune either, especially when that someone is in the travel business. I don’t think I am speaking alone in saying that business lately […]
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