Costa Rica Photos
Even though we are slackers on the photograph front these days.... absolutely failing to share the beauty of both Tamarindo, Costa Rica and also The Bay Area, California... well, at least our friends take a minute to post images. That's something. And a good thing at that, because unless you are looking at jewelry or Tamarindo Real Estate, we have a terrible track record of not putting up any photos at all these days. Pitiful, really. But we intend to get better, honestly, we do. Of course, good intentions and a quarter will buy you 25 cents worth of candy, right?
Raining hard here today, by the way, absolutely pouring. Of course our Landcruiser is waiting for new bolts so that I can finish installing the radiator. One of the joys of doing your own auto repair in Tamarindo is that occasionally you have the pleasure of discovering that somewhere along the way somebody else has replaced the factory bolts with shorter ones... which didn't matter when they re-used the worn-down-to-wafer-thin bushings, but once you replace the bushings with radiator-saving new rubber... well, you end up with bolts that are too short. So you can either mount the radiator sans-bushings (and look forward to resplitting the top tank in the not-too-distant future) or you can wait a day or two until you get new bolts *sent* from an hour away (because the hardware store only sells SAE bolts, no metric).
In brief: get very wet on bicycle or drive Landcruiser hoping not to break very expensive radiator when you hit a water-filled crater in the road.
But Costa Rican land costs less than coastal California and we don't have rush hour traffic and the surf is 80+ degrees and I get to see parrots and monkeys just about every day. Gotta keep things in perspective.
Raining hard here today, by the way, absolutely pouring. Of course our Landcruiser is waiting for new bolts so that I can finish installing the radiator. One of the joys of doing your own auto repair in Tamarindo is that occasionally you have the pleasure of discovering that somewhere along the way somebody else has replaced the factory bolts with shorter ones... which didn't matter when they re-used the worn-down-to-wafer-thin bushings, but once you replace the bushings with radiator-saving new rubber... well, you end up with bolts that are too short. So you can either mount the radiator sans-bushings (and look forward to resplitting the top tank in the not-too-distant future) or you can wait a day or two until you get new bolts *sent* from an hour away (because the hardware store only sells SAE bolts, no metric).
In brief: get very wet on bicycle or drive Landcruiser hoping not to break very expensive radiator when you hit a water-filled crater in the road. But Costa Rican land costs less than coastal California and we don't have rush hour traffic and the surf is 80+ degrees and I get to see parrots and monkeys just about every day. Gotta keep things in perspective.
Labels: Costa Rica, jewelry, photo, real estate, sunset, tamarindo
Sandcruiser in California
Finally made it back to sunny California. Two whole weeks with very little Costa Rican real estate, hardly any time spent making jewelry (though Jocelyn did get some fantastic work done on a whirlwind visit to Los Angeles), and plenty of time spent relaxing. We've enjoyed more than our fair share of delicious California beverages, plenty of great food, and most importantly- family and friends.
Of course, we'll be returning to Tamarindo shortly to dive right back into Costa Rican real estate and jewelry making... but for another day or two we'll just keep enjoying great weather, wonderful people, and a relaxing vacation.
Of course, we'll be returning to Tamarindo shortly to dive right back into Costa Rican real estate and jewelry making... but for another day or two we'll just keep enjoying great weather, wonderful people, and a relaxing vacation.
Labels: california, jewelry, travel, vacation
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