dominicalito
Hola.
Things are starting to shape up quite nicely here in Dominical. I have found a place to live more permanently than Tortilla Flats in town. It´s a small studio apartment overlooking the beach of Dominicalito (a smaller bay-beach right next to Dominical) about a mile walk from town. It´s only $300/month and the only real drawback is that I won´t have room there for visitors. It is brand new, with a nice refrigerator and air conditioning, both rarities around here. The view is spectacular and the area is cool as hell.
I´ve been looking into some vehicles too. We have some potential prospects for scooters but I might have a license issue. I THINK but am not sure that Costa Rica may enforce the same engine displacement rules as the US, which basically means that you can´t legally drive anything bigger then 50ccs without a motorcycle license, and I still don´t have a bloody motorcycle license. I also looked at a beautiful 1988 semi-restored Suzuki Samurai, which I love, for about $5000. Of course I can´t take that back to the states with me when I´m done here, so I´ll need to go through the hassle of selling it. Not sure if that is going to bite me in the ass badly. I´ll decide soon. The Samurai is gorgeous though.
Other than that, I have met a few cool people, some locals, some tourists. I met a couple from NY that turned out to work with our good friend Jay at the LA Sports club in the Upper East side. Crazy.
I have a tan already, and I know all the good spots for food and air conditioning. My hotel still has hundreds of ants, 3 spiders, 2 geckos, and a cockroach. I haven´t named them because I am afraid I´ll miss them too much when I move out. I have bee bitten hundreds of times by mosquitoes and maybe something else, so I am scratching my legs all the time.
In about an hour I am headed to a hidden waterfall and then to a telapia (sp?) fish farm where you fish for your own dinner and they cook it up traditional Costa Rican style.
That´s about it for now. I am officially ready for visitors, so email me when you´d like to come out. All are welcome.
Go for the 50cc. I have the feeling the samurai might kill you too fast, and the scooter is more fun, and plenty sufficient to get you around (and cheaper anyway).
I have this bike (225cc):
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2005models/2005-Yamaha-XT225.jpg
not sure if they have those out there. it’s great for dipping in and out of traffic and taking it out on the trails
is that Joergen from Wunderman days?? how’s it going??
oh, I just got a brand spanking new Canon 40D as a trade for a small project with a 50mm 1.8 lens… a lot of machine… I hope I’ll grow into it right away.