It had been a long while since our friend Charlie was here, but he just couldn't take it anymore and decided to come down to the tropics for a few weeks. This time, he came down with our friend and his friend Karen who stayed about 10 days because she had to get back to work. She is a real sweetheart, and our friends here just love her.
During her stay, they took quite a few trips - Did a City Tour of San Jose and visited the
La Paz Waterfalls north of San Jose not too far from the Poas Volcano. Last year, the park where the waterfalls are located suffered a tremendous amount of damage from the big earthquake we had. According to Charlie, it was about 60% open when they visited there. However, what they have done there to restore the park has been done very well. The only thing he complained about was all the stairs to get to the various waterfalls. About did him in.
Charlie looks a little too close to the rail here - It is a very long drop my man!
Looks like a very happy to be in Costa Rica type smile. Karen is pharmacist who lives in Pensacola, FL. This is her second time here and it is obvious that she really likes it here.
We also took a trip to check out the housing project that Charlie and his investor friends have in Morazan, which is just a little north of Atenas. The project is called
Villas de Atenas. It is a community of 5 homes with outstanding views of the Central Valley and a community center that includes an infinity pool. The homes are all priced under $200,000, and that is a real deal for an Atenas property. If you know of anyone looking, they need to check this one out. You can get all the details by going to:
It wasn't long and they headed to the Pacific Coast and stayed a few days in our favorite coastal town of Manual Antonio. This is a really nice place to go if you want to visit the Pacific and watch the fantastic sunsets. It is a clean and very safe town with many things to do.
Here, you see Charlie on the beach just before sunset. I know that it is probably cold and snowy where you are at, but what can a guy do?
They took a little time to go visit Grecia and Sarchi which are located about 12 miles north of Atenas. Grecia is considered the cleanest town in Central America and Sarchi is famous for being the furniture capital of Costa Rica. You can get some real good deals there on high quality, solid wood furniture.
Oh yes, I just remembered that we also went to the annual fair at Palmaras, which is located just west of Sarchi. This is a 12 day event. One statistic is that the only other event where more beer is consumed is the Octoberfest in Germany. Here you see Karen with a couple of pets she decided to take home.
Karen left for Florida a few days later and Charlie stayed on about 2 weeks more. During that time, all hell broke lose with the weather in the States, and Charlie was sure happy he was here and not there.
Before Charlie left to return to Tennessee, he insisted that we take our friend and attorney Pablo out for dinner. This guy has been a Godsend for all of us, and has gone way out of his way to help us in any way he can. There are really only a few people that I trust here, and Pablo is at the top of the list.
You notice the very lovely lady sitting next to Pablo. Her name is Valeria and it is very obvious that our friend really likes her a lot.
Well, Charlie had to head back to the US on the 4th. Think he would had like to stay a few more days, but he has a pretty busy agenda the next few months, including the marriage of his daughter Susie in May. Come back soon my friend.
