Last week, before the current rains hit, I persuaded a friend to take a trip down the new highway between San Jose and Caldera, as far as the turnoff to Jaco, at least (where we were headed). He agreed to drive and at about 11 am on Wed. May 19 we headed out to check
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It’s been more than 4 months since we started this blog, and we’ve put up nearly 300 posts on all kinds of topics, from Volcanoes to street vendors to residency procedures and more than I care to list. Nothing stays static and we’ll try to catch you up on a few things since the original
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Shout out the good news! Costa Rica’s coastal highway, the Costanera Sur, is finally paved all the way! Add this to the completion of the Caldera highway, and boy oh boy, getting around in Costa Rica is beginning to lose its nightmare status. Way back in the distant past (2003) I did my first visit
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The taxi protest has been called off, which is good news if you plan to join the Thursday morning commute. The protesters had threatened to again block traffic as part of the ongoing conflict between the official taxis and the contract taxis. The official taxis want the contract taxis outlawed, the contract taxis want their
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Remember the first President Bush? I do, and I remember his campaign promise, shouted loudly, ‘NO NEW TAXES!’ which he broke, which certainly didn’t help him in the election he lost to Bill Clinton (with an assist from Ross Perot). I don’t know anybody who enjoys paying taxes. A few people regard them as a
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I suppose some people are getting sick and tired of all these posts on the new traffic and immigration laws. I humbly apologize. But golly! What can I do when the government keeps serving up this stuff on a silver platter? It’s like I’m in the batter’s box, facing Randy Johnson on the mound, and
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