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[quote=”costaricafinca”]On the peninsula, yes, according to friends who live near Nosara. Around the other more populated beach towns it isn’t a problem.[/quote]
Olivia, crf’s entry may be accurate but could be confusing if not read carefully.
What he is saying is that “according to friends who live near Nosara” they have a problem getting fresh produce – but he prefaces that with “On the peninsula, yes” and then follows it with “Around other more populated beach towns it isn’t a problem.”
I think another way to say it a little more clearly is that those residents that live in towns that are on paved roads or near paved roads have little or no problem getting fresh produce. This is true whether the town is inland or on the beach (such as Nosara which is accessed by a “typical” lastre (dirt/rock/mud) road) and is 35-45 minutes from a paved road, depending on the season).
Inland towns “on the peninsula” like Santa Cruz, Filadelfia, Nicoya, La Mansion, Hojancha, etc. have GREAT produce markets. The Country House Market in Nicoya is a spectacular produce market open 6 days a week with a very large selection that is re-stocked several times a day as needed.
As you know from past correspondence, we live in Samara and we have NEVER experienced a shortage of good produce or a shortage of places to buy good produce. Sure, there are days when the lettuce may be greener or more leafy than other days, but we have several places to shop around to find who has the best of whatever we are looking for on that particular day. In Samara & Carrillo there are several streetside vendors and truck vendors, a vegetable stand on the beach, 5 supers (all with a produce section, albeit small), countless sodas, etc. that sell fresh produce – and every Saturday we have a large truck-market in Carrillo that comes from the central valley with spectacular produce and prices! Saturday mornings in Carrillo “at the truck” has become quite a gringo social event for our little area.
Our ability to get fresh produce may even improve in the near future. One of the large “chains” has purchased property in Samara and is planning a “real” super market. Unfortunately, some of the local “mom & pop” markets may suffer as a result, which would be sad. Because we shop around to try and support all of the local stores we have become friends with most of the families that own or manage those stores and we would hate to see any of them go out of business because the big “chain” comes to town.
So it seems that with the help of many great people and advice…we are getting our trip in order.
Flying into Liberia, getting a shuttle and making our first stay in either Hermosa or Taramindo, where we will rent a car and work our way north for a few days. After that we will come to meet our [b]new friends Bill & Donna in Samara [/b]and stay for a week or so to get a good idea of Samara as well as the surrounding towns. We haven’t decided if we’ll turn in the keys at Samara or drive as far as we can get to Tambor, we’ll see how we feel about that when we get there. We plan catch a quick flight (from where ever we can) to the Central pacific side to make our way through Jaco and Manuel Antonio. Not sure how far south we should go with us coming in a couple weeks and we know that many roads are not great this time of year. We will end our month or so excursion by flying out of San Jose [b](Scott, this one’s for you!)[/b]If anyone has any advice or knowledge of roads to take or avoid; hotels that are friendly, nice and clean; know of places
(such as markets, restaurants, gas stations ect.) in these areas that we should stop in let me know. Perhaps you have a friend or know good people that we can talk with and meet, keep in mind that we will have our 8 year old daughter so we wont need any of the nightlife, however, she does enjoy music 8)Look forward to getting down there and thanks to everyone here on this forum. My emotions have gone from anxious and nervous to exictied and anticipation. 😀
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