The Costa Rica Green Season has begun. Technically it starts in May and runs through the middle of November. Our customers often ask us about rain during this time of the year. Typically what you will see are afternoon showers that last from 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon to around dusk at 5:30 to […]
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Just returned from my second 2-day long ordeal to reach the top of Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripo. First a few facts about this sacred mountain (sacred to me because of the blood, sweat and tears, yes tears, I have shed upon its rocky flanks)…. highest mountain in Costa Rica, with an elevation of 3,820 meters (12,533 ft) 38th most prominent peak in the world […]
I have not been “riled up” about anything lately, so my writing has slowed a bit. I used to watch Fox News (back when Costa Rica cable TV carried it) and that always provided fodder for my rants against the establishment quo (one of my favorite themes….railing against “the man”). But no more Fox these days. Actually […]
Costa Rica has been under the throes of a heat wave and San Isidro General (or Perez Zeledon, or PZ) has not been excepted. In fact, of all the great things I can say (and have said) about good ole PZ, from 11:00 to 3:30, it is friggin hot. But with mountains on both sides […]
I have to admit that sometimes life in Costa Rica gets under my gringo skin. We gringos don’t live very contemplative lives for the most part. We don’t have time to, or at least we don’t take the time to. There is simply too much to do, too much money to make, too much pressure […]
I have written quite a bit in this blog over the years on the topic of sustainability. Most of the posts have concerned environmental sustainability and managing our impacts in order not to do ecological harm. This morning I want to twist that topic around a bit and point it back at ourselves so as […]
Fresh new air to breathe. One of the many benefits of living in my new home, Perez Zeledon. To be more specific, La Palma, about five minutes outside of town in the mountains between San Isidro General and Playa Dominical. But lately there is something new in the air. Something transforming. I know what it […]
My nephew-in-law, Sebas, visited me during Semana Santa and we had a week filled with surfing, horse-back riding and adventure. One afternoon, after hiking around in Chirripo National Park that morning, we set out in La Poderosa to discover the best way to see the Diamante waterfall, supposedly the highest in Costa Rica at 600 feet. […]
Living in the southern zone of Costa Rica opens up a world of adventure for a nature-lover like myself. While Costa Rica abounds in stunning biodiversity and natural beauty in almost every part, the southern zone stands out as being one of the most untamed and untarnished. This week I had the pleasure of visiting […]
I recently moved, again. In the last four years I have moved four times. That mathematically equates to one move per year. I can’t keep this up….at my age, are you kidding? It seems that maybe it is time to settle down somewhere. The place I have chosen is Paris, but not in the sense […]
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