…Mr. Customs Man!” (Good old Arlo – I just love that guy).
So, I’ve been wondering for several weeks now if it would be likely that I could get these two pumpkins through customs in a barrel. Anyone think that might be possible? Because it sure would save us a lot of plane fare.
We’ve had 3 huge barrels sitting in our living room for about a month now. One is packed. That was actually the first one one to arrive. Arp has to drive down …

I just read this nice article summarizing the birth options in Costa Rica: Natural Childbirth Choices in Costa Rica.
Since we plan on hopefully having a homebirth in Costa Rica, this is great information. When we were originally researching the idea of moving to Costa Rica, I actually had a lot of trouble finding information about options for natural childbirth in the country. I suppose that’s because homebirth is a bit of an underground option there still. The article above gives a good summary of the issues going …

Guanábanas in Colombian Market
Originally uploaded by philipbouchard

Today Tica Macha mentioned making up a song to remember how to pronounce guanabana, a fruit that makes the most refreshing juice ever. I’d like to know how Tica Macha’s song goes because we used a song to help us remember too, except we didn’t come up with it ourselves. Guanabana is pronounced is just like the old Muppet song Mahna Mahna. Frankly, I can’t even think of the fruit anymore without singing the Muppet song. Or going to …

3 years ago, I saved the first link about Costa Rica.  It was an Escape Artist page on living in Costa Rica, and I dunno if it was a specific article or the general info page the link redirects to today.  It was a Tuesday and I was at work, so I’m deducing that the idea was hatched and the ball started rolling that exact day because my MO then was to spend a lot of time at work surfing.  Or rather, dreaming.
Every dream has to start somewhere, and I’ve …

This is the very last picture we took in Costa Rica. We were on the road south, coming back from a failed attempt to view eruptions at Arenal and one rainy night at Bosque del Termales.
Some of the mountain roads had absolutely stunning views, while others were spotted with cows, sheep or goats. This particular cow didn’t give a rat’s arse that we were behind her, which is the way it should be. It reminded me of being in India and having to drive around a cow …