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I skipped over this post a number of times, not bothering to read it, because I thought it was a question about [u]plumbing[/u]!! I’m still laughing as I type this. 😆

PS: I love listening to pipes! Bagpipes, that is. 😉

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[quote=”Doug Ward”]Dennis Ventura in Tilaran does them all of the time. Great work.
He only works in Costa Rica……………not San Jose or Jaco :shock::roll:8)[/quote]

As far as I know, San Jose and Jaco are still part of Costa Rica. Unless there’s been more trouble with Nicaragua claiming land than I have read of late. 😉

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There is also a very informative group on Yahoo:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crgardening/

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Is there any update as to the status of re-opening the highway?

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Is anyone doing polished concrete here in CR? We will be building in the next year and I wonder how the cost might compare to laying a floor with quality tile.

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[quote=”cancertomnpdx”]I was wondering if anyone has brought a Overstock.com generic memory foam in it’s original vacuum-reduced shipping package into Costa Rica in their household goods?

Thanks,
Tom on a budget in Portland, OR[/quote]

And God help you if they open up THAT package in customs! 😆

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[quote=”maravilla”]hummingbirds fly into my house on a regular basis. a few weeks ago one got in and couldn’t figure out how to get out despite the fact that i had both sliding doors wide open. it perched on one of my ceiling fans which then started going around, faster and faster and faster, and the poor little bird was desperately trying to hang on. eventually he couldn’t and flew off but was apparently very dizzy and disoriented. he flew towards a window but missed and impaled his beak on the wood paneling above the window and couldn’t get free. i had to call a neighbor, get a 10 foot ladder, and have the neighbor extricate him from the wood. poor little guy. we put him outside and he flew away. . . .[/quote]

Apparently, hummers are much sturdier than they appear! I once had one fly headfirst into a large window. I went outside and found it lying dead on the ground. I picked it up and placed it on some cotton in a little box on a windowsill, hoping to show its beauty to my young children when they got home from school. An hour or so later as the school bus arrived and spewed them out, I picked up the silent bird from the box, cupped it softly in my hands and went outside to meet my boys. Calling them over to me, I opened up my hands and much to our surprise, the bird opened its eyes and flew directly away!

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I gathered some information after posting a question about Meyer lemon trees on another forum. Hope the following helps.

• You might go to the Cavallini nursery in Orotina for fruit trees. They have some of the best grafted avocadoes and citrus. The mentioned “sweet lemon” will not be a suitable substitute for the lemons you want. You might have to settle for limes which will do well. Perhaps they will have meyer lemon.
• The best place I know for viveros is La Garita in the Central Valley. This would be on the same road going to Zoo Ave. Miles and miles of viveros. Plan of spending a lot of time. I have never heard of any place comparable to this road. Some viveros specialize in ornamentals, others in fruit trees. My suggestion if you have the endurance is quickly look into each one, and then focus back on the ones that meet your needs.
• Besides the vivero in Orotina I already mentioned there are several In the La Garita area. Vivero Processo which is on the corner of the road to INCAE has some fruit trees that most other nurseries don’t have. The very large vivero central is good for citrus, mangoes, etc. The very best for avocadoes is the one in Orotona.
• My Meyer lemon trees are doing nicely at 1300 meters. Leaf cutter ants are a real problem and you have to protect them. The nurseries know them as the Berdelli lemons. They have them in stock usually from April to November.

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[quote=”soldier”]I am considering purchasing a Garmin handheld GPS, with topigraphical display. Can anyone provide any positives or negatives, regarding handhelds in Costa Rica? I have also read that NavSat has excellent maps, however, I am not sure how current the data is for Costa Rica.[/quote]

I am by no means a GPS expert, but I believe you will need topo software specific to Costa Rica for any Garmin handheld. I don’t know of anything available at this time. The Navsat program is excellent for street navigation, but will not give you topo info.

At a minimum, a GPS will give you the coordinates of a specific location. Without a program, basically that is all it will do for you. You can always get a good paper map and look up the coordinates on the paper map. Primitive but workable.

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[quote=”speedo5″][quote=”DavidCMurray”]I’ve seen a bunch of folks using Garmin Nuvis. And I’ve heard good reports about the NavSat downloadable maps of Costa Rica. They come with Points of Interest.[/quote]I have a Garmin Nuvi 205 with the Navsat software and am very happy with it.[/quote]

I second that emotion. 😀

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We’ve had good luck using Budget (outside of the airport) a number of times. They never prod us to buy more insurance than we need.

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We purchased the NAVSAT program and loaded it on our Nuvi. Very easy to download. It even includes an additional POI (Points of Interest) program. They recently sent me a free upgrade. We found it to be extremely helpful. I would certainly recommend it.

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My husband had to get his Italian birth certificate authenticated by the prefecture of the province he was born in PRIOR to sending it to the Costa Rican Embassy in Rome for consularization. You might check that out before proceeding.

Additionally, we obtained our attorney through ARCR.

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Can’t you exchange $7200 once a year (or $3600 twice a year) and have the bank issue a receipt at that time instead hassling with $600 every month?

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