If you are going to spend some time in and around the San Jose area, you really should check out the Valle de Orosi, near Cartago. Towering above the valley are the beginnings of the Cordillera Talamanca, the tallest mountain range of the country and the Irazu and Turrialba volcanoes. The Orosi (or upper Reventazon) river flows through […]
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I like Holy Week (or Semana Santa, as it is called in Spanish) for one major reason. And that is that the entire population of San Jose heads for the beach, leaving clear roads and a refreshingly peaceful existence for at least a few days. But there is another aspect of Semana Santa that is […]
Lately I feel as if I have had surgical removal of the funny bone. Life just doesn’t seem all that humorous these days and I guess that has been reflected in my recent posts. So dour. So serious. So boring. I do have a sense of humor. It just seems that I have misplaced it. […]
Sometimes it seems I am destined to suffer one relationship disaster after another here in Costa Rica. I guess I could just chalk it up to “cultural differences,” but that would be a cop-out. Sure there are a myriad of such differences, but in reality those can and should make the relationship richer and add to […]
Yes Virginia, there is crime in Costa Rica. It seems that these days you cannot get more than a page or two deep in La Nación without reading a horrifying story of another murder in San Jose, Limón, or Puntarenas. From where does all this crime originate? Usually it is due to a robbery, drug […]
There is something amazingly liberating, at least to me, about taking to the highway. I have always enjoyed just going. The “where” never really mattered that much. That is, until I ended up “there” and then began the process of wondering why I ever made the journey. Why? Because the “joy” is in the journey. […]
I frequently get asked the question of “how well can I get by with $xx per month in Costa Rica?” The answer depends a lot on the person doing the asking. Is it your intention to come to Costa Rica and maintain the same “high consumption lifestyle” that you had in the U.S.? If so, […]
I am a little confused about this whole mess concerning Roberto Dobles, who just stepped down as the head of MINAET, Costa Rica’s Environment, Energy and Telecommunications Ministry. He is also a second-cousin to Costa Rica’s President, Oscar Arias. Okay according to reports in La Nación and The Tico Times, Dobles and his family are […]
You know I used to be a faithful listener to Rush Limbaugh. Some things he says make a lot of sense. But this whole notion that “global warming” is just a “hoax” concocted by liberals to increase taxes and big government is beyond absurd. Let’s look at it this way. What if? What if it […]
The great American “blame game” is in full force these days. Poor Obama. Do you think he really knew the mess he was getting himself into? Living in a country like Costa Rica it is a little hard to fathom executives being paid $1 to $4 million dollar bonuses. I mean the entire tourism industry […]
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