My first horse ride in Costa Rica!The fourth month of 2007 and the beginning of the rainy season. The rain comes usually in the afternoon around 2:00 to be exact and lasts for about 2 hours. Sometimes it is a light little shower and other times it is a grand storm with lots of lightening and thunder taking out the power.
Mangos are in season and it is amazing to see hundreds of them hanging from the trees. It is quite a site!
We passed a very quite and calm Semana Santa (holy week or Easter week). As of Wednesday in the week, everything was closed…grocery, liquor, restaurants and even buses! Everyone really respects this week and takes the opportunity to descansar (relax) as it really the only time all year where stores close for extended periods of time. We enjoyed the company of our long term guest Marilyn and watched the festivities in town with the church. Really quite something to see and experience. We also spent some time in Nicaragua as we had to leave Costa Rica as our 3 months were up. You can really sense a difference in the country with the new Ortega government. Perhaps this was my own imagination…it will be interesting to see what happens…if anything.
The remainder of April and May will be interesting to see. Nancy will be coming to spend some time here as well as Bernie (a long time friend of Karl and Eric’s). We will keep you posted with our adventures!
Hasta luego!
La saison est presque termine, et oui,,, le parfait temps pour visiter tranquillement le costa rica….. C est ce que je pense,,,,, mais bon.
Nous prenons le temps de relaxer, faire du sport, vélo de montagne, aller a la piscine,,,
Notre ami d enfance Bernard « ,bernie « est ici pour un mois a explorer les trails de vélo de montagne et prendre du bon temps . Super,,,
Nous voyons un nombre incroyable de gens venir investir et apprendre l espagnol ici dans la vallée centrale ….ça m intéresse et par curiosité je pose des questions.La réponse qui revient le plus souvent ex : Je prend ma retraite et avec ce que je recevrai comme pension j en ai pas assez pour bien vivre.
Tanne de payer des taxes exorbitantes… ce que je leur conseille le plus souvent c est de venir vivre un an louer une maison (300 us/ petite maison confortable) et s imprégner et de voir si on aime le pays. En venant vivre ici t apprendra a connaître les gens et en même temps s il y a des deals pour des terrains ou des maisons tu pourra en profiter.
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Saludos
