Train Ride from Caldera

A couple of weeks ago, Ileana asked me if I wanted to take the train to the beach in Puntarenas. The Costa Rica rail system is being refurbished after being out of service for many years. Ily remembers taking this train to the beach as a child, sharing the ride with chickens, ducks, and sacks [...]

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Summer in Costa Rica

I took a taxi to the orthopedista on Monday. The driver talked about how it was getting dark so early now. I said in Spanish, “Because it’s Winter now.”
The driver replied, “It’s Summer.”
Monday, December 8 was the day of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
The church in the center of town is called Inmaculada, [...]

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Trip to Alajuela – A Golden Ant

Thursday, May 01, 2008
Today Ily didn’t have to go to work, since it was May Day, International Workers Day, sort of a socialist holiday not celebrated much in the United States. Here, everyone has the day off, except for some restaurants and stores.
We got up late and got ready to go to the La Garita [...]

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Contact Improv

Tried something new today. It was fun. I might try it again. A kind of full-contact playful dancing. Very safe and relaxing. Healing and inspiring. http://contactimprov.net/
Best part of taxi driving this week: A lady’s perfume, smelled like someone’s I remember from 1978.

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Busy Weekend

This weekend was the AT&T Golf Tournament. Lots of interesting people in town. All of them were polite and behaved well most of the time, at least while interacting with me and my taxi. One lady didn’t have any money. Another was extremely depressed and crying as the police escorted her out of a hotel. [...]

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