Cleared for Departure

Category: Central America

  • Marriage Is What Brings Us Together

    One of my rash guards is a deep blue, the same color as Tarzan.  He was not pleased with my choice.  I think he thought I was encroaching on his lady.  I ended up changing to keep the peace.  Do not wear blue if coming here.  I met a fellow lighting guy.  His name is…

  • The New Spa

    I do not know enough about raw food or the human diet to say whether or not I believe all this organic, farm-to-table, raw this or that bruhaha.  However, I will tell you what I do know. I go to the bathroom a lot.

  • The Greenest Country in the World

    As our time together winds down, I cannot leave this country without speaking about its environmental efforts.  In 2009 Costa Rica was ranked The Greenest Country in the World.

  • Economic Moves & Changes

    Gabriel mentioned several times that the economy in Costa Rica is changing.  My research tells a similar story.  Twenty years ago, coffee exporting was big, big business.  Today, the numbers are abysmal.   In the not too distant past, agriculture was a major sector of the economy.  Its importance has steadily declined since the 1950s.…

  • Coffee Time

    We started the day touring a coffee plantation.  Gabriel, the farmer, had so many interesting things to say I wanted to grab a camera and interview the man properly.

  • Welcome to Costa Rica

    Welcome to Costa Rica

    Good morning from Costa Rica.  The entire encampment is at the 8 AM yoga class.  Rebel that I am, I thought I’d write to you all.  

  • Our Ten Year Anniversary Trip to Costa Rica

    So as year ten of our length-to-be-determined marriage came up, we thought it’d be fun to go back to Costa Rica.