Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Riding the rapids of the Rio Sarapiqui brought to mind the ever worsening financial crisis that is gripping the globe, including Costa Rica, where some tourism operators are reporting serious declines in reservations for the upcoming holidays.
After a weekend getaway from our urban home near San Jose, we woke to even more bad news. [...]
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, tagged bloggers, kandahar, meme, prostitute, reporter on October 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This blog was started as a sort of on-line diary about my family’s escape from urban chaos and the consumer culture that drives North America. Its inention was, and is, to share our journey for perspective, and maybe inspire a few adventurous souls along the way.
But an interesting thing has happened. I’ve found myself inextricably linked to [...]
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, travel, tagged Canada, Costa Rica, friendship, garbage, recycling, reflection, santo domingo, waste on October 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
To view the text that goes with these photos, visit: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=f26d29e4-4a75-4860-8bd2-8d57156abd1d
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, travel, tagged border, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur, Villa Isabella on October 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
With brains in your head and feet in your shoes, if you saw this what would you choose?
Paying heed to Dr. Seuss and his wise words, we faced up to our fears and headed to Nicaragua.
It was with some trepidation that we opted to do our visa run to the small fishing village of San Juan [...]
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, travel, tagged Costa Rica, Nicarauga, San Juan del Sur on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
First, I want to clear something up.
Bocas del Toro is not “teeming with resorts” as I stated in the previous entry.
I should have qualified this statement and offered further explanation, but it was late, I was tired, and had been for hours working on travel arrangements.
There are numerous places to stay on these beautiful islands [...]
Posted in Costa Rica, travel, tagged Bocas del Toro, Costa Rica, Panama on October 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Barely unpacked from our quick trip to the beach and we’re off in a few days for another adventure, this time to Panama.
Our three-month tourist visa doesn’t expire until the end of October but it so happens that the private school where our children attend has scheduled two-week breaks every six and this next one begins Oct. [...]
Posted in Costa Rica, housing, travel, tagged Alberta, Bill Clinton, Body Count, California, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Illuminati, New World Order, Nicoya Peninsula, Nicoya Pensinsula, Pirate's Cove, Playa Conchal, Pura Vida on October 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The morning after meeting my prince (which a blog reader informed me was actually a poisonous toad, spoiling my epiphany) there were two e-mail messages waiting about beach houses for rent.
The fog (and frog) were gone and I was possessed by spontaneity.
A quick call to a car rental agency and we were off on another [...]
