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Final week – San Ramón, Costa Rica
Monday Guillermo, the owner and builder of the house, needed to go into town so left his labourer Frank in charge. Frank turned out to be a complete slave driver so by the time Guillermo returned we’d done a huge amount of work, but all wandered of...
Only 1 day to go then – Naranjo, Costa Rica
Suffering slightly from the previous nights excesses we rolled out of bed and decided the only way to wake up was to take a coffee tour. When I arrived in Costa Rica I really wasn’t a fan of coffee, but the quality here is amazing, and the coffee i...
Final week – San Ramón, Costa Rica
Monday Guillermo, the owner and builder of the house, needed to go into town so left his labourer Frank in charge. Frank turned out to be a complete slave driver so by the time Guillermo returned we’d done a huge amount of work, but all wandered of...
Back to the beginning – La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Friday After a short morning at work I arranged a 15 person taxi to La Fortuna, where we spent my first weekend in Costa Rica. Last time I missed the chance to see lava at night, so we jumped in a taxi and drove out toward Arenal National Park where ...
Week 7 – San Ramón, Costa Rica
Monday After a long morning mixing concrete and digging trenches for waste water pipes I had to use a chisel attached to a long metal pole to knock holes through the back two walls for the sewage pipes, which ripped a number of muscles in my shoulder...
Week 6 in the San Ramón house – San Ramón, Costa Rica
Tuesday Started back at the dangerous building site, but following a visit from the area co-ordinator have decided to stay after he told us the President is visiting next week. I assume it’s El Presidente of Costa Rica but should have checked. Will...

