I knew I felt a uneasy chill in the air.. reminded me of that movie
something wicked this way comes 🙂
no seriously.. I am glad you had a good and safe trip
sorry to hear about Randall Zamora not showing up.. he is an excellent person to know.. and is very knowledgeable..
[quote=”sweikert925″]After 4 trips to Costa Rica I can still say I’ve only ever had one bad meal there, some undercooked Tilapia that I ate at a restaurant near Manuel Antonio – its the one with an airplane fuselage sticking out of the front of it. I can’t remember the name, but I’m sure some of you must know which one I’m talking about. There were 2 restaurants this trip I really liked. Mi Choza in San Ramon, where George took us to lunch was great – just the kind of place I love to eat at in Costa Rica. The quality and variety of food was superb and they gave us 6 or 7 different fruit drinks to sample which were all wonderful. The other one, where Mike and I had dinner in La Fortuna, was also great – off the beaten track, so it is not so much a place where gringos go but the steak was excellent. I wish I could tell you the name but I forgot what Mike told me the name was, so I emailed him to ask.
On previous messages exchanged here I got the impression that my oriental carpets would not be worth bringing down when I move due to mold. But I visited several houses on this trip that had oriental carpets on the floors and George told me that as long as your house is designed with good airflow and lots of light, mold shouldn’t be an issue. He also has a device called an ozone generator to deal with it but I’ve read literature that to be effective in fighting mold, the level of ozone [url=http://www.jenesco.com/ozone-generator-danger.htm]would have to be higher than is healthy for humans to breathe in.[/url] If anyone who has experience with one of these gizmos has information to share, please do so.
Randall Zamora was to have given a presentation about tax and banking issues for expats going through the residency process but he never showed up and never informed George that he wasn’t going to make it. That may have been my first experience with the “Tico time” phenomenon that I’ve heard so much about.
I usually arrive at airports about 90 minutes before my flight is due to depart and that is usually ample (even at O’Hare). But on my flight home from San Jose I nearly missed boarding because the line to check in for the flight took forever. I have no idea why, there were maybe 40 people in line when I got into it and it took nearly an hour to get to the front of the line. Add to that the lines for the departure tax ($29 now, didn’t it used to be $27?) and the security screening and it was only because an airport security policewoman took pity on me and let me divert into the express line that I made it to my gate on time. So its 2 hours ahead of my flight from now on I guess.
This being my first trip during the wet season, I took the precaution of bringing insect repellant, even though I don’t like the idea of spraying myself with deadly chemicals. But after the third day I forgot to apply it and didn’t get bit once, though I should point out that I didn’t tromp through any jungle areas or wade through any swamps.[/quote]
