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[quote=”jdocop”]lot of chiros treating informally, reasonably, found mostly by word of mouth……Montezuma may have a great reputation as a Hippie kind of place, but that also implies a drug culture, doesn’t it?[/quote]
Most likely a few kids smoking a joint or so. I never saw anything of that style at all. A no trouble place. We saw a young Tico guy with a guitar and he could strum & sing a few bars of “Puff The Magic Dragon” and he was swamped with the ladies!
Yeah Montezuma is at the very tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, near Santa Teresa and “Malpies”. Some nice beaches and a few waterfalls, a classic hippy town, though bigger then it was before. I’ve heard of some attempts at organic gardening co-ops but have no personally checked any of that out.
[quote=”Great to get some perspective from a fellow Southern Ontarian. Yes I picked that moniker as a teenager (too many years ago haha) I’ve been dreaming of a sunny lifestyle for a long time! I’d love to read your info package… =quote]
Sunshine,
send me an PM and i will email you the package.
joe[quote=”sunshine9557″]
I’m vegan and have a gluten allergy which is why I like Costa Rica and their rice and bean lov’n, [/quote]Touch base with Wendy at [url=http://www.cashewhilllodge.co.cr/vegan-retreats.htm]Cashew Hill Lodge[/url] in Puerto Viejo – she is a certified vegan chef and also has a gluten allergy, as well as having raised children here. She and her husband are both awesome!
As to home births, etc., touch base with Arp & Trish, who had their child at home here this past year. Trish’s blog is here – [url=http://www.tinygrass.com/#nZnZZFUtkSrm]Tiny Grass[/url]
Finally, Sharon Wallace is an MD who lives in Cuidad Colon and does home births. Email me off list for her email.
Nora
Haven’t been able to respond in a while because I’ve been too interested in Tiny Grass blog, very interesting and informative for a young family thinking about moving to CR, thankyou Nora! And Cashew Hill is very cool, I’ve never met another vegan with a gluten allergy, great connections!
My diet is a choice based on allergies and compassion, I do not eat animal products that I do not know the origin. For example I eat goat cheese from a local dairy that I know treats their animals properly and I occasionally eat deer that a good friend hunts, kills and butchers humanely. I call myself vegan at times for others clarity. Vegans do cook their food, raw food diet is something different.
That said I am concerned about the numerous mentions on this site of rampant pesticide use in CR, comments?
As well I noticed both Nora’s contacts are from the Caribbean side, I had ruled that area out for us because of the amount of rain but maybe it has more of the natural community I’m seeking, comments?
The more rain, the more the weeds grow, the more locals have to try and slow the growth…and if they didn’t you would see more accidents due to being unable to see as one is driving along the roadside.
When one says ‘rampant use’ of sprays, someone else may think this is totally acceptable or even normal. And of course some people will use them than others. As one who lives on a very large property we do use Round up, to control weeds. That being said, it is not sprayed all over the farm….
Obviously, if you live ‘in town’ there will be less weeds at the side of the road to control. We have ‘stuff’ that grows over the height of a person in just a couple of months during the rainy season, and it is impossible to weed by hand and if cut with a ‘weed whacker’ or machete it grows even ‘better’.
When you think about the huge amount of trees, flowers that originated and flourish here, it is due to the moisture in the soil and the sun. Unfortunately mother nature treats them all equally, not choosing which ones should grow well and which shouldn’t. On many properties, owners keep a cow, goats or horses to [i]feed & weed[/i] their land. As do we in certain areas….
Presently over on the Caribbean side many areas have flooded over the past few day due to extensive rain.I’ve been reading these informative articles and have gained alot of insight about many issues related to retirement in C R. My wife and I have discussed moving south away from the cold North Idaho winters. We took our first trip down during Xmas holidays. We did the rainforest, volcano (still waiting for the jeep ride) and river raft trip. We spent 9 wonderful, warm days in Puerto Viego, and along the Carribean coast. From what I have learned from residents there, it does rain alot. But it is scattered out through the whole year. Only rained 3 times in 9 days and only at night. Maybe just luck. It seems a vegetarian would have a year round garden there. Acconmadtions will be cheap during none peak season and you can gain alot of info on a web site Puerto Viego Satelite.com. And it is very laid back. No high rises, just nice accumilation of cultures. Dennis
John, I think you misread SS9557’s statement. She said she eats deer that her friend kills and that s/he butchers humanely. She didn’t say the deer was killed humanely, and, once the deer is dead, what matter how it’s butchered?
As for what makes it different, if you’re eating commercially grown beef, pork or chicken, someone knows what chemicals the animals have been eating. If you’re eating wild game meats, you have no idea. If the deer come from costaricafinca’s property, you could be getting an extra dose of Roundup.
(Personal Note to costaricafinca: That’s not a shot.)
I think most hardcore vegetarians/vegans would agree that any form of animal killing is inhumane. So no point arguing, been there done that. (I am a vegetarian) who does not think it is morally wrong to eat animals.
But after having visited various pig farms, dairy farms, chicken farms and slaughter houses, I have found significant differences in the quality of “life”, (meaning while the animals are alive) in what some would call sustainable farm operations v. factory farms.If you have no regard for the quality of living conditions for the animals we eat, then there is no point going on.
But if you do, then an examination into conditions at these various factory farms may interest you. Not only do the horrific conditions affect the animals, they also affect the environment and our health. Just a little bit of research via google will be quite eye opening.
Turns out “The Jungle” is alive and well today.
Next time I try to[i] help[/i] and [i]advise[/i] someone, I will just lie, and not try to explain that the whole country isn’t totally flooded with pesticides.
I suppose killing humanely does sounds strange if you don’t know that the process of butchering factory farmed meat is often begun while the animal is still alive. I love the conversation my diet starts in others, I in turn challenge you jdocop to see for yourself there’s some very eye opening video’s at goveg.com and peta.org I would be very interested to hear what you think. There is indeed a big difference between a wild deer’s life and a farmed cow/pig/chicken‘s.
It wasn’t my intention to turn this into an animal rights post. 😉
Thanks mud shark for your perspective, Caribbean seems a worthwhile visit as well. And costaricafinca I don’t think anyone was attacking you, I appreciate the info as I hadn’t thought of weed control as such a big issue and that to me is the point of this forum there are so many things we don’t think of or realize coming from a different culture, it’s hard to use the search function when your not quite sure what your searching for.
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