Well wouldn’t you know it, after a week of stock market gains everyone is smiling and talking about the recovery being underway. But wait, aren’t those the same people that were just last week blaming the stock market plunge into oblivion on Obama’s stimulus plan? Does Bush now get the credit for the recovery since the plan […]
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In my seemingly lifelong quest to conquer the Spanish language one of my learning techniques is to force myself to read in Spanish…..with a translation dictionary close by, of course. I am not talking about the daily newspaper, even though that is a good idea. I am talking about books, novels, self-help, etc., etc. I […]
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 […]
When folks visit Costa Rica they often hear a phrase that may sound unfamiliar, even to those who know a little Spanish. That phrase is “Pura Vida” (pronounced as POO-rah VEE-dah) and can be viewed as the Costa Rican “national motto.” Literally translated it means “Pure Life.” Contextually, it means “Full of Life,” “Purified life,” […]
Wow the tourism business is tough these days! People don’t want to spend a dime and when they do, man do they do it with attitude. That’s understandable, because in these tough economic times every dime counts. But I am writing this to inform would be travelers to Costa Rica a few things that I […]
Had to play tour guide this weekend for a family of four, with two small children. The eight year old boy seemed to be determined to identify as many species as possible. He had his trusted field guide handy and any time he saw an animal he would go digging through it until he came […]
Located in the mountains of Aserri, south of San Jose, is one of my favorite places, the restaurant known as Mirador Ram Luna. I can still remember the very first time I had the experience of eating there. I say experience, because the Mirador Ram Luna is indeed an “experience.” Just getting there is half […]
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 […]
People often ask me, “which is your favorite beach in Costa Rica?” That is a very difficult question because there are so many. There are approximately 1,290 kilometers of coastline on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of this country. And both sides are dotted with beautiful beaches. I have written in the past about many […]
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