Rain Forest Aerial Tram Limon Costa Rica
Our Rain Forest Aerial Tram Day. What we thought of the place. Every once in a while we are lucky enough to get away from the work of the farm and enjoy ourselves at one of Costa Rica’s many tourist …...
View ArticleBuilding Costa Rica – Permission to Project Start
Building in Costa Rica Part 3 – Obtaining Permission to Project Start. The waiting is over. We are finally starting our house building project. This article covers the steps we took to get permission,...
View ArticleDIY Concrete Planters, Sculptures, Stone Heads | How to Make Your Own
DIY concrete planters are a fun project that takes very little time or effort. Save money by making your own. Along the roadside here in Limon, Costa Rica people like to sell you their wares and...
View ArticleBuilding Costa Rica – Part 4 – Tools & Torque
Building Costa Rica – Images of the progress since the last post (permission to project start), how very important a machete and rope have become and which brands of tools are taking a beating. We are...
View ArticleRaw Sugar Cane Processing using Manual Press
This article shows how we harvest sugar cane from our garden and make sugar cane juice on a manual hand press or trapiche, as it is known here in Costa Rica. This is the sugar cane we have planted in …...
View ArticleRed Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) & Olive Tree Frog (Scinax...
Images of a Red Eyed Tree Frog and an Olive Tree Frog found in Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Tree frogs all have adhesive disks and webbing between their fingers and toes. They all have bulging...
View ArticleCaribbean Rice-n-Beans aka Coconut Rice and Beans
How to make Caribbean Rice n Beans using fresh coconuts, garden vegetables and herbs. We visit restaurants that are owned by Afro-Caribbean ladies more than we visit traditional “sodas” here. Our meals...
View ArticleWhy We Chose a Painted Metal Roof, Using Bamboo Poles & Water Problem
Why we chose painted metal roofing, how we used bamboo to help with building, and combating water stains from the incessant rain on our interior wood ceiling. Roofing Options in Costa Rica In Costa...
View ArticleBanded Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus petola)
Photographing the Banded Calico Snake The Banded Calico Snake or Gargantilla falsa as it is known in Costa Rica was a very interesting snake to photograph. She didn’t strike at us or give us trouble...
View ArticleTwo Types of Bars, Wood Walls and Natural Supports
Our cottage in the woods – Building a two-story house on our farm in Limon Costa Rica. We have pictures that show how we hid electrical wires in a single panel wall, how we added decorative, natural...
View ArticleInterested in Reforestation? Get Free Trees – ICE’s Vivero Program
How to get free trees (including tropical hardwoods), from Costa Rica’s electricity provider, ICE. We applied and were approved for 35 trees of our choosing. This post explains how we did it. We intend...
View ArticleJoel La Rue Smith Trio performing at Costa Rica’s International Jazz Festival
This article was originally written for A.M. Costa Rica which is an English language news source in Costa Rica. A Friday afternoon at 11 am hardly sounds like the perfect time for an Afro-Cuban Jazz...
View ArticleCloudy Snail Eater Snake (Sibon nebulatus)
A Cloudy Snail Eater Snake found in Matina, Limon Costa Rica We found this average sized snail eater while taking down our bamboo passion fruit trellis. He was lodged in one of the corners about 7-8...
View ArticleWaste Not, Want Not – Making the Most of our Wood and Rental Equipment
Our house building project officially began in March of 2012 when we bought enough electrical cable to make it up the hill. The water tubes came next so we could test the water pressure to what would...
View ArticleArenal Observatory Lodge in Arenal National Park
Arenal Volcano, the youngest volcano in Costa Rica and easily the most active is surrounded by Arenal Lake at its West flank and Cerro Chato, an inactive volcano, at its East. The nearest town, La...
View ArticleStair Building, Taming the Rain and Our Dirty Little Secret
Making the bridge from downstairs to upstairs, installing the gutter system and the back side of our house. Step by Step Building stairs can be overwhelming. You can’t exactly go out and find, much...
View ArticleVarnish in Humid Conditions, the Trap Door and Using Galvanized Steel
This post includes information on the product we chose to varnish with in our humid environment, how we built a trap door for fun and function and the decision to use galvanized steel to build a...
View ArticleCARNAVAL Costa Rica in Limon!
Three of our articles about the Carnival (Carnaval as it is known here) in the port city of Limon Costa Rica were published by A.M. Costa Rica, an English language daily news source. They are all here,...
View ArticleMoin Port in Limon Costa Rica and the new APM Container Facility
Possible Investments in Limon Province and Anticipated Growth This article was originally published on November 1st, 2013 in A.M. Costa Rica, an on-line English language news source. The editor made...
View ArticleBreadnut (Artocarpus camansi) Commonly Known as Castana in Costa Rica
Chestnuts in Central America? The breadnut tree, which is in the Mora family, produces a large oblong shaped fruit that has soft spikes covering it. It is known as the Castana (cast-on-ya) here in...
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