27
Jan
US Vietnam Vet and his Wife Travel Costa Rica
Recently a couple by the name of John and Linda Crane shared many adventures with me in Costa Rica. John is a Vietnam Vet as my husband Charles was. John, Linda and I traveled to Jaco Beach for a quick day trip. La Terraza Guest House is just an hour and a half from the... Continue Reading
27
Jan
Single? Female? Traveling Alone? Pura Vida!!
Fabulous, exciting, beautiful and adventurous is how I would describe my guest Vonda out of Houston Texas. Before Vonda came to visit, she told me that she was looking at the possibility of retiring here in Costa Rica. She was open to suggestions that I had to help her decide if my city Grecia could... Continue Reading
27
Jan
Ex Pats In the Jungles of Costa Rica
Recently some wonderful friends of mine John and Karen from Kitchener Ontario, Canada once again visited La Terraza. They were on their way to their romantic and quaint Bungalow in Escaleras very near to Dominical Costa Rica. Escaleras, a small community that branches off the coastal road, is famed for its sweeping views of the... Continue Reading
3
Nov
The Amazing Race!
Im sitting on my veranda looking over the tropical grounds this evening; it suddenly crossed my mind how crazy our innate desire to quickly complete stages in our lives can be. If you take a good look back into the past, you will remember that when you are about 4 years old you can’t wait to... Continue Reading
11
Feb
An Ex-Pat Widow in Costa Rica
An Ex-Pat Widow in Paradise When my husband and I first visited Costa Rica we had no plans of living life without each other. It seemed quite sudden that Charles, my husband of 47 years passed on to the next level. I believe there are three levels to our existence on earth, birth, life and death.... Continue Reading
25
Mar
African Americans Need to Travel
It really is not an option. Travel is education. Education in the United States in the schools that I attended erased the history of African Americans. They have since added some information in recent years, but with limits. The only black history stories I ever heard talked about were of 3 or 4 blacks who... Continue Reading
25
Mar
Traveling Changes My World
The first time I traveled anywhere without a parent was in 1961 at 18 years of age. The journey was also my first trip on an airplane: destination, Germany. At 14, I fell in love with Charles Owens, who soon transformed from that boy into a handsome young American Army soldier. Charles and I got... Continue Reading
13
Jun
Costa Rica living
If you clicked on this blog, then you are among the millions of people looking at the possibility of coming to Costa Rica to live. My husband Charles was a dreamer, every time we went on vacation he would fall in love with the place. We were always looking for that final destination after retirement.... Continue Reading