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that is a horrible situation to be in. i can only imagine how you feel and the stress you must be under to resolve these issues and not lose your substantial investment. i’m just wondering why your lawyer didn’t see the red flag of the second company buying from the first company, etc. etc. — any time you are dealing with a third party and not the original party to the deal, i think there is a big margin for error. would you all have grounds for a lawsuit against these people who didn’t get the permits? of course, litigation in costa rica moves at a snail’s pace and probably would drag on for 10 years or more before anything was resolved, but surely there is some recourse for the property owners??? i hope so. that is just so awful, but alas, it seems like it happens quite a lot here no matter how much checking and rechecking you do. good luck. i hope you get some good news.
suddenly, even i am feeling the hit of the increases — my property tax went from $79 to $265, the corp tax, and increases in electric rates (amortized over the entire year), plus marchamo (which i didn’t have until this year), and the increase in CAJA have added another $75.00 a month to my living expenses. i used to keep a spread sheet for a whole year to see what i spent and at that time (2010) i was spending $800 or less a month for everything. now, i am hovering just under $1000. i still can’t complain too bitterly though because all of my fixed expenses here are still less than my electric bill in colorado!!!
if that’s what your lawyer told you, then no, you did not have a good lawyer — it only makes sense that if both houses are in the same corp, that the luxury tax applies to both those houses together. the tax is due tomorrow or there is a $180 fine for not paying according to one of the dailies.
there’s a woman in PZ who sells nuts in bulk. also there’s a spice store in San Ramon who sells them in big bags. contact me off list and i will give you the name of my friend in PZ. she also has organic quinoa, rice, and coconut oil.
my mother used to say to me, “Stop eating that hippie diet!” (back in the 70’s) jajaja it is so easy to eat healthy here in costa rica. with the plethora of cheap fruits and vegetables and beans, rice, and other grains, it’s really sad to see so many Ticos suffering from the same diseases that fast/junk food wrought on the US and the rest of the world. something that is starting to take off here in Costa Rica is the Slow Food movement, which started in Italy in 1989, but i was doing slow food before it ever was a movement. there is a chapter here in San Jose and you can find out about joining at http://www.slowfood.com
macros are macrobiotics — health food stores. you won’t find what you are looking for in the stores you mentioned — except maybe for some beans. nuts are too expensive here for most ticos to buy, although i have seen nuts in mega super and in peri mercado. i don’t know if PVP actually sells anything in bulk, but i think she has a source which she would probably share with you.
as for a variety of citrus trees, you would have to check with your local vivero as to which varieties will survive the heat and humidity. the names of the funny-flavored oranges, are, i would assume naranja de frases, naranja de pina, naranja de sangre, etc. i live up in the mountains at 4000 ft so my climate is totally different than yours but my citrus trees are producing like crazy — and just yesterday i saw buds on the grapefruit tree and the blood orange tree. the sweet lemons are wonderful, but they are BIG producers — i have never seen ANY fruit tree produce like this. the navel oranges are called Washingtonians here. My crop this year was every bit as good as any orange i ever bought in the states. The navels here are usually imported from either the US or Chile, but my tree did exceptionally well and now it is budding again.
it is really hard to grow good sweet corn here because of the short days. and you should care if it’s GMOd or not because the farmers are fighting like crazy to keep GMO corn OUT of the food supply here — corn is their patria, they don’t want trans-genicos to contaminate their heritage crops.
you’re expecting people to drop dead on the street from drinking chlorinated water? you don’t have any way of knowing how many incidents of cancer (or or or) are related to ingesting chlorine, nor do i, but logic tells me it just can’t be beneficial for your health. So maybe it kills e.coli; that’s a good thing, but please don’t cite some industry-paid-for scientific study raving about how safe it is. jajaja the last time i stopped into a cafe to have an espresso, the girl brought me a glass of water. i raised it to my lips but the smell of chlorine was so evident that i couldn’t bring myself to drink it. I was told they used filtered water for the espresso machine. i don’t want my water to smell anymore than i want to see the air I breathe. that makes sense to me. the rest of it is something i can’t wrap my head around.
when you go to the vivero just ask for yellow sour lemons as opposed to the yellow sweet lemons that are ubiquitous here. i forgot to put those on my list of citrus trees — i have two sweet lemon trees and already off each tree i have given away more than 500 lemons, eaten at least that many, and there are dozens on the ground. the Ticos love the sweet lemons; the gringos won’t touch them, but i think they are great, and they are very high in all the nutrients of a regular sour lemon. you can eat them as you would an orange.
Those things are readily available in my area, but down there you might want to contact Pura Vida Pantry. She might be able to help you. also check the macros — they carry some of those things. almost all grocery stores carries every bean you would want. seeds and nuts are plentiful here, grocery stores carry them and the macros have them.
the lemons that are orange inside are actually sour mandarins. if left on the tree long enough, they will turn orange on the outside, too. i did manage to find a real lemon variety here — the skin is yellow and the pulp nside is a pale yellow as well, and they are very close to the thing we are used to in the States. i had no idea there were so many varieties of citrus available here. i have pineapple oranges, strawberry oranges, blood oranges, navel oranges, valencianas, and two or three other varieties that i haven’t yet identified, plus clementines, tangerines, mesino limes, and key limes. not having to buy citrus here saves me about $3.00 a month! jajaja
you’re asking the Food Fascist to opine about food????? you’ll be sorry!!!
levity aside, i take food very seriously — it can be your medicine or it can kill you. we pretty much eat as Scott does (now) — lots of fruits and veggies, organic whenever possible, meat maybe once of twice a year, some fish and occasionally shrimp for a chinese dish i love.
but basically, my platform is to NOT eat processed foods that contain chemicals, food colorings, or preservatives. there is a world of wonderful things to eat and there is no need to be an experienced cook — Youtube will guide you through the process of making almost anything you want to eat.
no need for cookbooks anymore either — it’s all on the web.
for this new year, i would love it if people just appreciated how wonderful REAL and FRESH food really is.
i read a stat a few years ago that said 90% of all disease is diet-related, so if we all want to live better and longer lives, then eating good food is the way to go.
almost ALL food, unless it is organic and even then that is iffy, has pesticide residues on it. if your father ate any fruits or vegetables, including root vegetables, he was probably exposed to some chemicals, even if it wasn’t Round-up. Round-up isn’t the only culprit and yes, there are other risk factors for PD, but these poisonous chemicals are right up there on the list of things that cause cancer, birth defects, and neurological damage. remember a couple of years ago when my cattle dog ate a meat wrapper that had been doused in Round-up and he got sick IMMEDIATELY — wobbly gait, gag response, and a host of other neurological symptoms? it cost me $250 at the vet to have his kidneys and liver flushes with IVs and everyone jumped on me and said oh no, Round-up is safe, it doesn’t do that, it’s bio-degradable, blah blah blah. The Hell it is. We’re only JUST finding out how dangerous it really is.
