Hey gringo. :) We have the blinker to let you know it's clear as well here. And the spotty electricity at times. And missing water during dry season. And the problems with internet (it took us 6 weeks to get it at home). And the language confusion (although I speak Spanish). It's fun and an Amazing Race type adventure to move to a new country! We flush toilet paper, although I'm not sure it's the smartest thing to do. We weren't supposed to do it in Mexico either. Apparently the pipes are smaller or something like that. This post is great fun - I love seeing the similarities CR and Panama have. Have you found the roads to be horrible? When we went on our honeymoon in 2006, they were horrendous! Like dirt roads everywhere! We are thankful to live on a paved road off of a paved road off of the main road here. Most of our friends live off of dirt roads. The place looks REALLY nice!! Pura Vida.
Actually the roads are really nice here! I guess in 2012 they started redoing them and we haven't found any main roads to be bad except in San Jose. We are in a house that is off a gravel road but even this road is pretty decent for what it is. We see a lot of road construction going on and it appears they are starting to fix bridges too. The roads in Wisconsin where I use to live are much worse than these, lol.. there are still quite a few dirt/gravel roads off the main roads but we havent ventured to far off the main areas just yet.
Oh nice!! I'm glad the roads are so much better. That was the WORST on our honeymoon. So glad they invested in roads! In 2006, pretty much every road was dirt with major potholes. To all the tourist places. We even went out to Punta Islita and to get out there, you had to drive in the ocean during low tide. It was insane. I wonder if they've done anything there...