As is often the case, one spouse is not as excited as the other regarding an adventure like this. Especially when the second spouse has made a statement about the possibility of living in Costa Rica in retirement. Anylizing the situation I find that I too was not sure about this when I first heard others speaking of CR, Equador and Belize and others in that manner. After some reseach about these places you kinda catch that fever as well. At least enough to warrant further recon on the ground.
In our discusions in this regard Carra asked-me how I would feel if CR was not what I wanted it to be? I pondered that and replied, I can live with that-but what if it is everthing you want? She didn't have an answer for that. I could see I had a lot of work to do but to do it silently. So I started following several blogs on CR. Some are very informative, some are for the personal enjoyment of family and friends and some are full of hype and sales pitches. Pretty easy to narrow them down to the useful.
It quickly became apparent that we are going to some of the best tourist areas in CR. Arenal, Monteverde and Tamarindo. Tourist is the key here. I also realized that if we wanted to see CR as the locals do we would need a few more days. So our 10 day trip is now 14 days long. We added a couple days to the begining before our adventure tours start and a couple extra days at the beach for the usual reason. It's the beach!
So it is a much needed vacation with an eye for the future and a possible retirement location. Eight weeks and counting down.
