We threw our bags into the room and headed out to find a bite to eat. We had just crossed the border from Bolivia to Argentina after standing in line for 2 hours and before that a 10 hour train ride. We were all hungry! We found a small place around the corner from the...
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Our family are big fans of pizza! What family isn’t right? Well, we always make a point of finding a pizza shop in the towns we visit, and try the local flavors. Surprisingly, or not, there are some pretty good pizza’s in Latin America that certainly beat the U.S. national pizza chains. We do see...
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We have already taken 10′s of thousands of photos and I have kept maybe 30% of these. Just the process of managing our photos has turned into quite the project. I was working on these yesterday and thought I would post some of my favorite of the kids and Gina…maybe one or two of the...
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Look at me, 2 posts in 1 day. Ok, so here is an example of a story that I obviously should have written at the time (September 23rd, 2008) but never did. Actually this is a pretty extreme example because it was a pretty fun experience an not something you get to do everyday. And...
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Well finally figured out how to create and post a video online. The Oscar is probably safe this year…but we will keep our eye on it for next year. Everyone had a hand making this, we all took turns shooting footage. The video shows the kids interacting with the white face Capuchin monkeys in Montezuma,...
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Our 2 weeks in Jaco are up and we are heading to San Jose. Actually, the bus runs to San Jose but we will take a detour to Alejuella. This is our 5th or 6th move since we set out from Oregon on August 1st…bound for lands unknown. I am not counting, but we are...
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Well, have not written for a while. Little bit of not much going on & a little bit of lots of other things to distract us. Ok, so some thoughts on Jaco… Cities like Jaco are a problem for us. First, jaco is a tourist town these days. 5 or 10 years ago it was...
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Ok, so this story might also be titled “You don’t see that every day” or “Ironic, isn’t it?” For those that do not know, I was in the bread business for 11 years…you know white bread, wheat bread, English muffins, hamburger buns, and HOT DOG buns (the ironic part of the story) So let me...
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Well, some would say that we have arrived back in civilization. We arrived in Jaco 2 days ago…wow, what a difference between Montezuma and Jaco. The good news is that we have internet access in our condo, so we can skype, email, and update the blog. I added pictures of our month in Montezuma here....
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Renting ATV’s is a big part of the Costa Rica tourism industry, and especially prevalent in the area of Montezuma where we are staying. While we are by no means traveling like a typical tourist, I gotta admit that some of the attractions sound pretty fun. In the first few days of our arrival we...
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