punta uva – Happier Than A Billionaire

Costa Rica Cost Of Living Update: Yogurt—$1.25

I never knew how popular I was until I moved to Costa Rica. My friends and family were concerned about the move at first. Like most, they wondered if it was safe to live in Central America. But after a few years, they all eventually get the bug to visit. I suppose I sent too many pictures of spectacular wildlife and one too many pictures of me having fun in the surf. Who can blame them? If I wasn’t living here, I would want to visit as well.

When catering to guests, it’s always good to know what they like to do. Are they adventurous or do they just like to lounge at the beach? Do they want to hike a volcano or snorkel in the Caribbean Sea? I sound much like a travel agent, planning excursions and orchestrating flights. However, I love to share this country with my friends the way the Ticos have shared it with me. (more…)

ALWAYS LOOKING UP

By Nadine Hays Pisani| 2018-04-15T18:19:57-04:00 January 24th, 2011|Categories: Nature|Tags: palm trees, punta uva|

Costa Rica Cost Of Living Update: Seven ounce bottle of 15 SPF suntan lotion- $14 (Next business idea…selling suntan lotion on the black market)

There is nothing as tranquil as sitting under a palm tree, much to the consternation of my husband. Ever since I’ve known him, he has a fear of getting hit in the head with a coconut or, depending on the season, an icicle. I’ve seen him zig-zag through a bunch of palm trees like a football player dashing across the field for a touchdown.

This may stem from him growing up in New York where he witnessed people getting hit in the head with all sorts of objects, not one of them being a coconut. Here are a few highlights of the many things that my husband has seen while living in Brooklyn: person stabbed in head with screwdriver, cracked in the teeth with a wrench, hit in knee/skull with baseball bat, pummeled repeatedly with city garbage pail, and the piece de resistance of this collection, someone voluntarily being tasered for $50.

So when a ten pound coconut landed ten feet from my head and made a crater size indentation in the sand, it didn’t take long for him to say “I told you so.”

Apparently, I should always listen to my husband when it comes to getting bonked in the head with things.

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