Well we have finished our time in paradise. Today we thought we would plan our day so we would not get wet, but we missed it by 10 min. and in those 10 min. we got shoaked. C´est la vie.
The closest town not counting the samll area we are in with all the resort places is aout 5 blocks by 5 blocks, and this is a big town. It is about a 15 min car or bus trip down the mountain and away from the resort area. Our resort is 535 feet above the beach on a hill and we have a beautiful view of the beach and ocean.
I found out that the yearly average rainfall here is 14 feet, that is right 14 feet. I also found out that the one lane bridges were built by the Chiquita company 100 years ago to transport the banana crop by rail. So the one lane bridges were train bridges at one time, that is why they are one lane. The banana plantations are gone cause of the banana blight of 1940 and were replaced by the African Palms for palm oil which they transport by truck.
I can see why so many Americans have come to settle here, the beauty, the adventure, the people, and the opportunities. I feal sorry for the locals cause it seems like all the property and businesses are owned by out siders. The population of the whole country is about 3.8 million (the size of Houston), about 500,000 from Nicaragua. Costa Rica is about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire in land. The Land prices are way up there above what the average person can pay. You can probably buy some cheap land in the jungle though.
Costa Rica literally means "Rich Coast" and their motto is "Pura Vida" which literally means "Pure Life" but they mean "The way Life should be lived".
The Costa Ricans are wonderful, extremely nice people.
This is Pura Vida, Till next time, Take Care, Jorge
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