Sept 1. Three years today in Costa Rica.

[LakeArenal]

It’s been better than we thought. ❣️❣️❣️🍀🍀🍀

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[cilla4progress]

1. Very cool.

Our daughter did a study abroad there in 2014. We visited her for a week at the end.

What part of the country do you live in? We spent our week in Quepos.

How did the country come through that horrible hack of a few months ago?

[LakeArenal]

3. The country did not pay ransoms to hackers.

Very proud.

Hack took a toll on our health services. Hard to make appts and pay bills.

But that’s since improved. This country still uses hand ledgers as well as computers.

As my User name states… we live at Lake Arenal.
Near the town of Nuevo Arenal. The one picture is the view of the lake from my chair where we live.

Edit to add: in the lake pic you can see our rescued street dog Mailo soaking up the rays.



He’s the best thing from Costa Rica.

Pura Vida

[cilla4progress]

6. Oh yes - Arenal!

We spent a day there hiking. Volcano was socked in and we never did see it!

What is the animal lying down in the pic?

Glad things are back on track.

Lovely country and culture.

[LakeArenal]

7. I edit my other post...

Picture of Mailo (Milo)

Arenal Volcano very shy


We are at the other end. At the base of the Tonorio Volcano.

[7wo7rees]

2. Congratulations!!

So very happy for you all.

Your sharing your experiences here at DU have been an inspiration.

I've been out of pocket for several weeks now. But issues slowly resolving. Diagnosed mid-August with heart failure.
Fixed it yesterday. WooHoo.

Will reach out to you in next few days.
Ms7wo7rees

[LakeArenal]

4. Feel better Amiga.

[Deuxcents]

8. Congratulations 🌺 I have enjoyed your posts

And pictures of the beautiful Lake. Wishing you many more happy years

[LakeArenal]

9. Thanks. Nothing could please us more.

[jcgoldie]

10. Do you have any recommendations?

For a good place to visit near the beach at xmas time? My wife and I go to Mexico every year at xmas, usually to Vallarta or Zihua and stay in casas we find on airbnb... We are thinking of Costa Rica but I really don't know where to look? We would like to explore a little inland maybe but especially to relax on the beach.

[LakeArenal]

11. First, Pacific Coast or Caribbean Coast?

We live much closer to Pacific.

[jcgoldie]

12. In Mexico we have preferred the villages on the Pacific

Scuba is a lot better on the other side but Caribbean destinations just usually are so much more touristy and artificial. I'm not sure if that is similar down in Costa Rica or not. We do have a budget and at most about a week so it has to be somewhere we can travel to relatively easily from the airport. Looks like San Jose has the most flights?