For those of us in the southern zone of Costa Rica, a quick trip to Panama yields cheap groceries, household supplies and booze for less than half the cost at home. From Ojochal the drive to Pasos Canoas takes approximately two hours. Less town than sprawling bazaar, Canoas is a twisting procession of shops and …
Wisdom can come from anywhere. In this case, a hank of polypropylene rope is my teacher. I’ve been doing as the rope says- keeping cool where life takes me and I have to admit, things are good. Like the rope I am there to help others and myself. I conform to my surroundings, reaching out …
I have spent the better part of the last two weeks dealing with car repairs and rain. My truck worked for about two days before the original symptoms reappeared. A faulty fuel pump seems to be the main problem and replacing it with after-market parts is clearly a short-term fix. Original parts are hard to …
My friends used to laugh at my impatience when I arrived in Costa Rica pumped up on Toronto-time. Every year they’d say the same thing, “Relax slow down, doing one thing a day is enough”. Week two I would settle down and soon after I’d be telling other new arrivals the same thing. Well, it’s …
The plan is set! I’m getting the boat ready for haul out the second week of November and will be flying down to Costa Rica shortly after that. It’s a month earlier than last year, time that I will need based on how long it took to rebuild my cottage last December. This year I …