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Scott,
Here’s a web site for ordering smokers. All different types and prices. I have a friend that has a Luhr Jensen electric smoker (quite inexpensive) and it works fine.http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat20120&navAction=jump&navCount=1&parentId=cat20075&parentType=category&cmCat=MainCatcat20075' defer onload='The link to Caribe sur real estate is http://www.caribesur-realestate.com/
3 hours from San Jose to Limon and anouther hour to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. The road to Limon is good but have been held up in the mountains by an accident for half an hour. The last few miles to Puerto Viejo is gravel road, very rough.
I do have to admit it is easy to get spoiled in the US. Even our poor live better than the majority of the worlds population. I bought property in Cost Rica and will be moving there when I retire. Partly it is because I can live comfortably there on my pension and SS but also I am looking for a simpler life and I’ve found that in CR. I’ve lived in LA for the last 40+ years, Have never liked it but it is where the job was and its easy to get stuck. Am really looking forward to retirement (hopefully this year) and getting to CR, building a house and enjoying the rest of my days.
Actually it is my understanding there is no shortage of oil. Production is at its highest level and there are no plans by OPEC or the other producing nations to lower production. As prices rise, demand will fall and before we know it there will be an oil glut in the world and prices will fall. It is not OPEC or the oil companies that are causing the high prices per barrel, it is the speculators on the NY Merchantile Exchange that are responsible for the high prices so in effect it is greed that is behind it all. I guess I am not a doom and gloom sort of guy. My glass has always been at least half full and at times is spilling over. In my life (and I’ve been around awhile) the end of the world has been predicted many times and somehow the human race seems to muddle through.
In the long run I can’t see any long term affect on tourism or housing prices. What will determine prices in CR is not building costs but how much people are willing to pay. I also cannot see a huge influx of people from the US moving to CR because of gas or living expenses. The people who move are looking for a simpler way of life and are willing to forgo some of the conveniences we have in the US. Most people here are spoiled and would not be willing to give up the life style they have in the US even if it means cutting back a little on cunsumption.
I read an article today in a financial mag predicting the bottom dropping out of the oil market this year and crude going down to $35 to $40 a barrel. If not, I agree life will go on. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
If it’s the southern Caribbean your interested in, try the following web site http://www.caribesur-realestate.com/. I’ve done business with them and they are good honest people. They also have the most properties listed in the area. Hopefully I’ll be moving down there this year. Good luck in your search.
