Oct 6, 2006 | Culture Shock, Driving, Manuel Antonio, Travel Tips
The first time Jal and I came to Costa Rica, the December ’05 exploratory trip (all of five days) to determine if Costa Rica was The Exotic Place To Spend A Year, we did a 24-hour speed tour of Manuel Antonio. I had heard there were monkeys here and I was going...
Oct 4, 2006 | Accommodations, Cancer, Manuel Antonio
Sweatin’ my butt off in Manuel Antonio, dreamin’ of my cool mountain. YIKES. You forget how HOT and WET it is at sea level!!! Beautiful, though. We just fed squirrel monkeys at our hotel La Posada which is great: comfortable and clean. But here’s the...
Oct 3, 2006 | Company, Culture Shock, Expat
Last night we had our first get-together at the casita here on the finca. Tiny house, big fun! In Key West, we loved having friends to dinner. Just didn’t do it often enough. For the Costa Rica Inaugural Fiesta, we had two families: the Bortmans and the...
Oct 2, 2006 | Cancer, Medical Care, MEGAN, Political Blah-Blah
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink is the order of the day. My Aunt Susie, my mom’s baby sister, died of breast cancer at the age of 49. My sister in law, Megan, 40, has been fighting the beast for 8 years now. She is losing the battle, but God what...
