Lake Arenal Costa Rica

The weather has returned to absolutely gorgeousness. I admit i was getting tired of the rain, though well used to the rain having lived some years in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and many years here on Lake Arenal in northwest Costa Rica, land of forests, beaches and laid back lifestyles. But thank the cosmos for bringing sun and warmth and light and joy back to our part of the world so that I can get off this computer and start walking in the jungles again. When it is sunny here on Arenal Lake, there is no other place on planet earth that I think of being, of traveling to, of living at.

I think that since its such a nice day that I am going to get on my motor cycle and take a long ride around the lake to visit old friends and make new ones. I will stop in Tilaran for lunch and then head over to Hotel Tilawa for home brewed beer or two. I could spend three or four days touring the lake communities but I must check my email and Facebook and twitter every now and then so I can stay up with my friends!

One of my favorite meals is fresh killed farm fresh chicken roasted over an open fire or baked in my gas oven. There are four different ladies who live down the road who raise these animals on their patios. They are loved and well fed and not injected with any chemicals. I can’t call these chickens organic as the feed does have some vitamins and other chemicals added. But the quality of this meat is superior to anything you can buy in the supermarket.

Today I have started the fire and will be barbecuing an 8 pound bird for dinner. Along with some rice and corn on the cob we will feast. Come on over and join me – just be sure and bring along the beer !

It will come as no surprise to any world traveler that we have our share of psychopaths here in Costa Rica just as any great nation of planet earth does. A psychopath is a person who has no emotional attachment to their own actions. That is, they care not how their actions hurt others. They may, in fact, gain great pleasure from watching the misery they inflict with their lies, schemes, thefts and con games.

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Here on the north side of Lake Arenal in Costa Rica we are seeing a grand explosion of tall towers taking over the skies to provide competitive cel services to this small central american nation. Without asking the residents for their opinions on tower placement or health risks, the Costa Rican government has allowed these towers to go up next to schools, shopping centers and homes.

There is now an active group of expats and local citizens organizing to fight the placement of these towers in areas that present danger to our health and beauty. Cel towers cause cancer and other diseases in humans and animals. Therefor the need to place them far from our homes and businesses should be a top priority for any socialist government (yep costa rica is social democracy) but this has not been considered. Already two new towers have been erected in the heart of town virtually next to the existing two towers of ICE.

Do we need more cel phone towers ? Do we need more cancer and health issues ? Do we need more death ?

It would seem that some in government think so – or are so ignorant that they have no idea what they are doing.

We are so lucky this year to have an extended dry season on lake arenal in costa rica. Well I call it the dry season but it still rains every few days, but the rain is just right. Enough to keep everything green and happy and keep the dirt roads from dusting away in the winds. The days are warm and sunny and the nights a bit balmy as well. We live in a most perfect world here on Lake Arenal. A bit of paradise in a world gone made.

Come on down and join us.

I love quiet green flowering forests with paths of light guiding my steps to the hot springs. I love swimming and riding horses and growing vegetables and fruits and playing with my animals. I love quiet days and nights filled with frogs and bird song.

Why not Arenal ?

Turtle Cove at Lake Arenal Costa Rica