[Darrel257]

The hospital is real enough. It is not a private hospital but under the Caja Seguro Social. There is a very large local population in the surrounding area which is accesible now from many directions. There also is a very large large group of Foreign Nationals now residing in the municipality of Osa from Dominical south past Pal Mar and this will definately increase in the next few years. I have a couple of very nice aerial shots of the hospital taken in February. Anyone interested post your email address and I will forward.

[Darrel257]

I feel that it is important to shed some light on the new direction that OwnCostaRica.com has taken and to also lay some facts out for all to review. Your decission to pull out is probably agood one at least until you know the facts. Yes it does go against the Alberta Real Estate regulations to take a deposit of property in a develpment based in a foreign country especially from a development company that has not presented a Offering Memorandium on the project investment or have clearance through the Alberta Secuities Commission to offer such an investment. This does not mean that you need this clearance to go to Costa Rica and buy property, it just means companies cannot accept deposits towards the purchase of these properties in a Canadian jurisdiction without them being duly authorized and cleared to do so.

It also does not mean that companies cannot market these deveoplemnets or do seminars in Calgary or anywhere else in Canada, there is no problems with that, they just cannot take deposits on the land pruchase.

Regarding the link to the Ventana Del Pacifico project from before I beleive that there is some confusion as to OwnCostaRicas claims that they were the developers of that project. Following is an excerpt from a letter dated January 30, 2007 from the owner of Ventana Del Pacifico.

January 30, 2007 – QUOTE
“Ventana Del Pacifico has been in business in Costa Rica since 1990 and is looking ahead to many more years of success.

Brian Hughes and OCR joined us in 2001 and today, we are as surprised as you are at the direction OCR is currently taking. While we wish Brian Hughes, OCR and its new team the best in their latest venture, it is important for everyone to understand that as in the case of OCR’s previous private venture, “Los Borucas”, Ventana Del
Pacifico is in no way involved in the Tambor development, as the present-day Web site would lead you to believe.

Brian Hughes and OCR were employed by Ventana Del Pacifico for the marketing of our different projects and were compensated on a commission-per-sale basis to promote Ventana Del Pacifico’s developments located in southern Costa Rica. OCR has never been a shareholder, financial partner or director of Ventana Del Pacifico and has never been involved directly or indirectly in the design or development stages of any of our projects. OCR’s current Web site offers much background material that highlights our work over the years, mistakenly leading the viewer to believe that its Tambor development is just another in a long line of projects undertaken by OCR, which is not the case, and we feel that it presents our work to add legitimacy to their new undertaking.

Due to these circumstances, we will no longer be using OCR’s marketing services and we will demand that OCR remove all references to Ventana Del Pacifico and its projects from their Web site and marketing materials in general. This will be inclusive of but not be limited to: the Ventana Del Pacifico name, logo, development plans, photographs of projects, sites, homes and testimonials, which are quoted from the Ventana Del Pacifico Guest Book.” END QUOTE

I am open to any comments or questions anyone may want to ask regarding this subject.

[Darrel257]

Hola Scott

I have seen many videos of Costa Rica as I am sure you have. I have been involved in CR for over 11 years, having lived 75% of that time in the country. First off I like the music, this is a great peice and if you understand Spanish it is a very uplifting message.

I like the layout and the scenes because they generally convey what the lifestyle choice here is all about, a mix of many cultures and people yet definately Tico.

I read the comments of one of the other responses and I agree with the voice over part. A female Tica would be a nice addition , but still keep your part as well towards the end, a nice mix of both.

As always you are firm in your vision of providing quality material and asking for advice and comments from the membership is appreciative.

Nice work and I am sure the finished product will be great.

Darrel Simonson

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