Costa Rica is a great place to be a wasp. The weather’s always above freezing, and the wasping is easy… On an upstairs porch ceiling there was a growing nest […]

People love a good sunset. On the 17th of January, 2020, Playa Negra obliged sunset lovers, who gathered to watch. Sunsets are improved by clouds. Which can reflect in the […]

Our Guanacaste side trip came courtesy of a friend, and of his friends. Who welcomed us… From their rooftops was a glimpse of the Pacific. Yes, the Pacific. See the […]

Our Guanacastean side trip took us to Playa Negra. What’s he pointing at? He’s pointing at the rock that underlies Playa Negra. The rock is black, and broken down, it […]

Much of the road we took to Guanacaste is old enough so that trees have grown alongside. They give wonderful shade, and make traveling on the highway cooler and more […]

Plan: Get up, get out of bed, get out of the hotel, get into the car, and get outta Alajuela. Which we did, pronto, after a good night’s sleep. Here […]

We’re back? A month has gone by? Our Costa Rica destination had neither internet connection nor cell phone reception. Hence the ‘pile’s “blackout”. It’s time to turn back the time […]