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[quote=”jamesgoshen4″]I will be on the Nicoya Peninsula in the next two weeks. Has there been a lot of rain? I know the road from Malpais to Samara has a couple of river crossings that are not passable when the rains are heavy. Did this trip in the summer of 2001 and it was no problem as it was a dry.[/quote]
I would say that it is “doubtful” as we speak and if it will be 2 more weeks then it will really be doubtful. The Rio Ora just south of Carrillo and Estrada is impassable at the crossings but you can go around (extra 35-40 minutes) via the bridges through El Carmen and Santa Marta. As far as the Rio Bongo, I heard that it was passable last week (4×4, high clearance only) but that was the last I heard.
Good luck and safe travels,crb[quote=”DavidCMurray”]On and off subject . . .
In addition to our attorney’s fees, we paid the government c44,000 to abolish the corporation that held our SUV.
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Hi David –
so what did you do with the title to the SUV? who owns the SUV now, did you transfer to another corp, or to you personally?[quote=”maravilla”]July 1st makes you REALLY delinquent and can cause graver problems as it
is the day that starts the time for de-registration by the Registro
[/quote]Thanks for the update Maravilla, but what is the “de-registration” you refer to? I thought there was a 3 year period that if the tax wasn’t paid, then the corp’s officers became personally liable. I had not read anything about de-registration.
Any more info would be helpful and appreciated.
ThanksHas anyone heard any recent news about the constitutional challenges against this new tax?
I know one of the challenges was denied in court, but at the time of that decision there are still several others pending – are they still pending or have they also failed?[quote=”maravilla”]he crbill — now i get the joke — i think. i guess 4 pieces of chicken for two dogs for 4 days sounds pretty scarce, but it’s actually 8 pieces of chicken if you consider that the muslo is leg and thigh. jajajaja[/quote]
That’s “actually 8 ‘quite large’ pieces of ‘boneless’ chicken” in a stew that sounds quite fit for a king – or a knight!
If only Campbell’s was so tasty…. jajaja
[quote=”maravilla”]underfed? they eat better than most people! and those are actually boneless leg/thigh pieces so they are quite large, and those get cooked with sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, lentils, a little rice, and green beans. and that stew only lasts about 4 days!!
[/quote]Perhaps my computer deleted all of the explanation in your earlier post where it said “for my dogs”. I only saw that phrase next to the part about the “4 pieces of boneless chicken legs”.
I was already aware that removing the bone from the chicken leg/thigh pieces made them boneless, but not until now was I aware that it also made them larger. I’ll shop for smaller pieces, remove the bone and get more for my money!
See Maravilla, that last paragraph, like my earlier post, was made in jest. Perhaps it may be your sense of humor that is undernourished, or more likely you didn’t realize that I was trying to make a joke – then & now!!!
[quote=”maravilla”]i just did my weekly grocery shopping at the feria in san ramon.
4 pieces of boneless chicken legs for my dogs [/quote]It appears to me that your dogs are underfed!
The way I say it is [i]”It may not be inexpensive to live here, but it certainly is less expensive to live here.”[/i]
It must be contagious! We committed to buy our lot on our first visit to Samara, first day, first ocean view lot we were shown. I was offered almost 3 times what we paid the week before we started construction (3 years after the purchase) but by then we were in love with the Samara area and our lot and the design we had for construction.
We recently had a couple from Massachusetts rent our guest house for a week. I saw them heading to town one morning and then later that afternoon they returned to tell me they had purchased a lot in one development and a condo in another! So it is not only contagious, it is mutating as well!
As far as the “unbearable heat” at the beach – I guess it is all what you are used to. Having lived in Houston and Tampa all my life, I am used to the heat and humidity. We are on the first ridgeline above Playa Samara, about 500 meters back from the beach and about 40 meters up, and so we get a pretty good breeze for most of the day.
But you can have the best of both worlds, being close to the beach and at a higher altitude. We have friends that live within 10-15 minutes of us, less than 7km out of Samara, and they are at about 1200 feet elevation. They get much more breeze and their temp is generally 8-10 degrees Fahrenheit less than ours. There are several developments near Samara that offer this type of altitude, and I am sure the same holds true for other beach areas as well.
I certainly would not change our location to a place that gets as much rainfall as say Fortuna, where the average daily rainfall in September is 5 inches (that is 150 inches in a single month! That is approximately 2.5 times our annual rainfall!
source: http://www.meoweather.com/history/Costa%20Rica/na/10.4833333/-84.65/La%20Fortuna.htmlA closer look at that same chart demonstrates that although the average temperature is 12 +/- degrees Fahrenheit lower than historic highs, the temperature has exceeded 100 degrees in 5 different months of the year. I’m almost certain that doesn’t happen every year, but it has happened. In 3.5 years of living in Samara, I haven’t seen anything above 95degrees Fahrenheit.
I guess it is true when you hear
Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cool, or whether the weather be hot,
Whatever the weather, we’ll weather the weather,
Whether we like it or not![quote=”costaricabill”]Because of thore purchases they needed to open a bank account, so they went to the bank and inquired as to what was required. They had a utility bills, …..[/quote]
Sorry, I meant to say “they had NO utility bills”
Thanks for the information David. I’ll keep trying to find out what happens to those of un in process of residency.
FYI – we had some renters in our guest house week before last. They were here from Massachusetts and while here bought a condo and a very nice lot. Because of thore purchases they needed to open a bank account, so they went to the bank and inquired as to what was required. They had a utility bills, so the bank asked them to get a letter from me (as their “landlord”, a letter from the real estate office stating that they had made an earnest money deposit on both properties, and a fax from their bank at home.
The US bank never sent the letter, but with the 2 “local” letters in hand they went back to BNCR, and within an hour they had 2 accounts open, both personal accounts, one in dollars, the other in colones.
The banker never mentioned the DIMEX card requirement.
Still waiting for the answer – but to several questions:
What is the DIMEX caed?
Who will be required to get one?
Who is eligible to get one, and conversely who is not eligible?
How do you apply?
Who issues them and where?
What banking activities does it allow you to transact or not transact?I keep hearing about the DIMEX card but can’t find anyone that has the answers. If anyone has the information, please share.
http://www.viverocentrallagarita.com/index.html
This is the large vivero in La Garita, right on Ruta 1 and the exit to Garita, Atenas, etc. (Aqugate Trail)
Thanks for the response and please keep me advised of how it goes for you. And I know exactly what you mean when you hear “no big deal”!
[quote=”Scott”][b]This response in from Daveed Hollander’s office:
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The airport will have a 2,400-2,600 meter landing strip which will be large enough to receive Boeing 747s, Airbus A320s and Embraer 190s. The terminal will be large enough to accommodate 150 passengers simultaneously.[/quote]Wouldn’t that be interesting –
a 747 carrying over 400 people (up to 660 in one configuration) arrives to a terminal that can accommodate 150 passengers. That sure would make it difficult to get your baggage! And what about check-in? Will the new terminal have a small folding table or an actual counter?I repeat – “when pigs fly”.
