Nosara April 2009

Hi everybody:
My next post will be from NY. I will be arriving April 21st and will start working at Beth Israel Hospital April 27th --the same place as last year. I am back in Astoria with Muzich starting May 1st—she found me a place near her apt for the first 2 weeks. I will be away from Costa Rica for at least 13 weeks. As soon as I have a phone number, I will post it on the top of the blog.

No major movement on selling our house yet. People are slowing hearing about it. It is a beautiful place we have here—we have to find the right person at the right time. We are listed with some brokersand I will be putting it on some Internet sites soon. Scroll down the blog for some pics which I have sent to real estate people.

I am finally at-one with my quad driving it everywhere. It is sturdier and safer than a motorcycle and it hugs the terrain like a mini tractor. It is still sometimes disconcerting to feel wobbling and sliding on uneven earth but I wear a helmet (both for safety reasons and to keep my hair clean) and it is a great vehicle for errands. I actually drove Joe on the back to a doctor’s appt to have his cast removed. His wrist appears to be healing fine—he still has some pain but less every day.

The weather is now hot, dry, and dusty—April is the height of the dry season. For a few days there was a fire in the mountain across the way to the left of our biergarten. It started as a controlled fire for reforestation—then the winds came and spread the flames. For three days we watched it burn before the fire dept contained it.

Our next new home, which we expect to be in San Carlos, is intermittently rainy throughout the year, though the only time it rains a lot is in Dec. We had hoped to visit again before I go to the states but it looks like Joe will be going with Gunter in May to further investigate the area. There are a couple of properties which sounds interesting to us but again, we need to sell here before we can move.

The water in my swimming pool is quite warm now, and the bougainvilleas are brilliantly colored. When I finish my noon swim, I can look at the mountains or the Pacific Ocean. We have a new outdoor kitchen. The air and water are clean and pure and it is an incredible place to be.

Come visit while we are still here and the life we have here still exists—once the roads are paved it will be different—more amenities and less nature.

Write when you have a minute—or call Joe in CR or me in NY… Love Joe and Helena