Costa Rica Dispatches: Great Trip

May these dispatches encourage you to go out and have an adventure of any kind, take a risk, experience something outside of your routine.

Costa Rica Dispatches: Driving Back Up North

It is 4:30 am and we are up before the howler monkeys, slight dawn in the sky. Packing the truck. A quick bowl of cereal sitting on the porch listening to nature waking up. Amazing ! And sure enough the howlers come on right on at 5:20 am. I am ready to ride the bull back […]

Costa Rica Dispatches: Jungle Cabina

The roof of our cabin is teaming with all sorts of life. The gecko’s are permanent residents and the bats fly in and out while making their high pitched calls way above us. Abundant wildlife is all around us, even though downtown Pavones and the surf break are only a 5 minute walk. Mira Olas, […]

Costa Rica Dispatches: 1977 Land Rover Series 3

There is something sexy about this truck. The proportions of tire to body, visually, call me weird, but I think it is sexy. Diesel, 62hp, so what. This engine has torque! The way it pulls uphill on uneven rocky surfaces, it is in touch with the ground and grinds forward. The 4×4 is solid, probably […]

Costa Rica Dispatches: Ofelina

We met Ofelina, an indigenous from the nearby Guaymie Reserve, walking along one of the rare and short (1 to 2 miles) ‘public’ roads in this area that extend away from the coast into the rainforest. She is coming for a visit to Pavones bringing her favorite chicken and peeling an orange she picked of […]

Costa Rica Dispatches: Rainforest Walk

The Green is stunning. Nature is abundant around here. The direct opposite to New York City, the sounds of the city get washed out of our ears and filled with the concert of birds, monkeys and so many other animals of the rainforest. Every refreshingly cool breeze creates a different sound in the vast variety […]