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Traveler's Hostel for Grown Ups!

LisaValencia — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:08:12 +0000

Have you heard? Costa Rica's Hidden Jungle Beach House -
Cheap:$15.00 per night!
Quiet: Only 4 rooms, hidden in the jungle
Convenient: 3 minutes to the beach / 5 minutes to town
Comfortable: clean, 2 shared bathrooms, one hot shower
Cooking: in the spacious community kitchen
http://bit.ly/CostaRicaHostel

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I'm doing a CR Visa Run Wed. Nov. 16 to Nicaragua - wanna join us?

SarongGoddess — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:22:07 +0000

I'm doing a CR Visa Run Wed. Nov. 16 to Nicaragua - wanna join us? I'm not positive yet if it's a few nights plus in San Juan del Sur or overnight to San Jorge (where you catch the boat to Isla Ometepe) or which way we're going (it WILL be by bus - just not poz if it's Deldu for $9ish, TransNica or the TransNica noon Executive bus). I've done this trip 12 times now so I can help ya with the ropes!!

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A FEW OTHER REASONS NOT TO MOVE TO C.R.

802MARK — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:02:35 +0000

OK so if the crime rate there doesn't scare you away there are two other points that need to be looked into.

one is a Luxury home tax you have to pay every year.. you see they are out of money, so a while back they voted in a new law that was set up and pushed through. the idea was, you have money and have a nice home, and we have people here that live in well, dumps. so we want to take your money and use this to build our people a better home to live it. yeah you owe them don't you.. well the law passed and it was only going to be a law for 10 years, after that it would be gone.. 2 things happen today,, first they voted to allow that tax to be forever.... and 2nd so far no one can show any of this money that has been paid in so far that went to build a single home... hummmm.. o and you have to hire someone to come out and tell you what your home is worth so you will know how much to pay!!!

2nd reason not to move there,,, well again it goes back to they are broke, so now a speeding fine can cost you 600.00, and if your really going fast you can get three years in jail! they just got some new speed trap camera's in and they are putting them to work, it's a cash cow people!!! lets look,, by thursday 4.25 pm 11,815 motorists at five points were speeding by at least 20kph. that means each one will get a ticket for at least 600.00. so in 16 hours the fines will add up to 1 MILLION DOLLARS.... get caught doing 93 mph or more THREE YEARS IN JAIL. That's what I'm talking about,, lets see what can we do next, find anyone that is breaking the law and pound the crap out of their wallets... hey I got one!! how about 200.00 fine for jay walking, or maybe your dog not on a lead,, 200.00 or maybe if he pee's outside even in your yard 500.00 fine yeah,, man can't wait till they vote these in!!

The problem is a old one and is everywhere, the governments of the world take your money and after sticking most of it in their pockets as well as their friends they don't have any left to fix that road that is now dirt.. so you must pay more money so we can fix it for YOU.. of course they will steal that money as well and the road still doesn't get fixed..

c.r. was doing ok till the world market hit bottom, then jobs were gone and people didn't have a way to feed their kids, so they steal. the government has no income so they must start stealing as well, so lets start by jacking your taxes, and hitting you with huge fines for anything and everything.

when the u.s. slapped a Luxury tax on big ticket items, like boats, they killed the boat market.. people who were going to buy a boat, went overseas to buy it and flag it in another country, all this did was shut down a lot of boat builders in the u.s. and forced them out all together or they had to move to another country.

anyone watching the debates for rep. president? I like ron paul.. I'll tell you why, because they tried and failed to bring out any dirt on him for one thing.. and lord knows they tried. he is a war vet, a doctor, and has been married to the same lady his whole life. here's something I saw tonight thou that made me laugh.. when ron paul stood on what he believed in the first time he ran for pres. the news people made fun of him every step of the way. what a nut case.. bla bal balll,... after it was over they all wanted to hear what he had to say about the shape our country is it... well this time he is running again and the first debate he would speak and the people would clap and scream for him. he has won all the polls so far,, well tonight, what I saw was all the rest of them sat down and ripped page after page out of what ron paul has been saying for years so they all are preaching ron pauls message... what's right with this?? they now understand that they must preach his message in order to have a chance to win!!! what's wrong with this? they don't mean a dang word of it. remember when big O stood out there and told you, he was against the wars and he would bring our troops home??/ that was a page out of ron pauls play book, big o knew the people wanted that and that ron was getting some cheers everytime he said it, ron paul would have done it already,, big o said it to get you to vote for him and once you did, he didn't bring those troops home, instead he threw them into many more wars!!! don't be fooled again. ron paul means what he says. he wants to end all wars, stop giving our money to other countries. pump our oil, he wants to end the federal reserve.. a private company who prints our money, which we have to borrow from them and pay interest on, who can print as much as they want, hand it over to other countries for which we have to pay back. sounds fun doesn't it? ron has done what he said he would do all his life. he wants to end big government and big spending, close all the bases down all around the world,, you know we are spending trillions of dollars every year on the war machine. yet they are talking about ending s.s. big o said if they didn't raise his limit on borrowed money he couldn't say if you were going to get your s.s. check or not.. now big o is a great speaker I give him that. he just doesn't speak the truth. they want to cut any service to you even ones you have paid for, so they can keep spending your money on their big corps. the lady running said tonight she was the ONLY one up there that had the courage to say no to the bail outs, and no to the debt ceiling raise,, humm funny ron paul has voted no on all of that his whole time in government.

government has to have a new branch all the time we need fema... so we can throw money into it,, and what good has fema done they are 30 billion dollars in over run cost already.. did a great job in new orleans didn't they. make up some cool letters and a cool logo and let pour money into it, and what good do they do? nothing. why do we need all of these people? listen if you want to build your home in a flood zone,, cool, that's your right to do so. but when a flood happens and your stuff is gone, don't cry for me to help pay for your lost. I buy ins. to cover my home it is covered when whatever happens to it. all those people there had no ins. coverage so when it did blow away you want to hold your hand out for the government to pay you? hahahahah yeah ok here's a card with some 400.00 credit on it go buy yourself a game boy and then wait well be right back to help you some more.. what still waiting?? good keep doing that.

I wish I had been born in the early 1800.. ride a horse, raise some cows, you steal my horse or a cow they hang you from a near by tree. a man's hand shake and word meant the best contract a fancy lawyer could ever write. I could stop along a stream and drink the water without being sick. ride for days without seeing a soul. and not be told what to do or I had to pay this and that by some fancy pants government a hole..

anybody got a time machine? I got money for a ticket!!

love all of you sorry to get into the government crap.... hey I got one you guys need to check out..

watch this video

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II-JVcaW0O0&feature=related
part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QULhLgsDhVQ&feature=related
part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_2MMJKjTs&feature=related
part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDxcjVXGhcM&NR=1
part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ybLmJURYU&NR=1
part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l22oMFERNNo&feature=related
part 5 at the end will put it all to rest. when you see the video shot of the name under the name.

this is about how j p morgan faked sinking the Titanic and sunk her sister ship that was busted instead.. ins money 12.5 million for a ship he was told he needed to sell for scrap metal. check it out...

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NOW is the Time to Visit the Caribbean

LisaValencia — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:47:21 +0000

NOW is the Time to Visit the Caribbean

What many people do not realize is that the weather on Costa Rica’s Caribbean side is quite different from the rest of the country. When it is rainy season on the Pacific side it’s dry and sunny here in the Caribbean, where I live. Yet the temperatures are milder than mid summer. Ask anyone else who lives here, September is the most beautiful month of the year.
In September and often into mid October, the skies are bright and sunny and the water is calm and clear. Yesterday I was at everybody’s favorite beach in Punta Uva and it was like a HUGE swimming pool. There were families out for a Sunday picnic; there was a beach wedding held in the afternoon, yet the beach was not too crowded for a lovely swim. And there’s river there that flows into the ocean - with a rope swing - the kid’s favorite.
All year long Puerto Viejo is a great place to go with its good restaurants, great live music every night and warm friendly people. But if you come in September you have the special bonus of practically perfect weather every day. I hope to see you here soon!

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Tamales

peterchristopher — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:38:56 +0000

Costa Rican food is yummy. These tamales were so delicious!!

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TIN HAT FOR ME, ROSE COLORED GLASSES FOR OTHERS

802MARK — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:41:50 +0000

I had posted in one of my blogs to get out while you can from the U.S. and some people feel that, that is a little harsh maybe even tin hat time for me to say that. First off I love the U.S. don't get me wrong. But one has to start to look at facts and try to foresee what COULD happen and where your going to be when and if it does. No one can say that the u.s. is not in trouble. We are in many wars that are killing off our young people at a cost to us in the trillions of dollars. They are going to reraise the debt ceiling again and more bail outs are coming. all this is being done but yet the will of the people are saying NO NO NO... china has dumped their holdings with the u.s. and are not willing to hand us anymore money.

Your money is not backed by anything, no gold or silver, it is backed only by the faith that people have in it to be honored. When that faith is gone so is your dollar. already our AAA rating is being downgraded. 45 million american's are on food stamps. home prices are sliding down yet again. Jobs have been shipped overseas, the big hiring last month was at McDonalds. A job that use to go to high school kids is now being replaced with college kids with degrees.

It's just not my thinking that you might be better off outside the u.s. or at least outside of the large cities in the u.s. CONGRESSMAN Roscoe Bartlett just put out a video about urban danger where he states 'those who can should move their families out of the city" his fear is in a solar flare that will take out the power grid. NASA has been watching this for a long time and they feel this could very well happen and soon. Right now the sun is throwing a lot of solar flares our way. Don't think this couldn't happen and it's a theory, It has already happen in the past. It was just at a time that many places were not hooked up to the grid like they are today. heres the video link if you want to see it, http://theintelhub.com/2011/05/28/congressman-warns-%E2%80%9Cthose-who-c...

it goes on to state that economist Marc Faber, and trend forecaster Gerald Celente are recommending you prepare and head for rural areas. The US Pentagon and Military are very much aware of these possibilities and they’re preparing for exactly the scenarios described in this documentary.

Now I'm not yelling the sky is falling the sky is falling. but anyone can see that tuff times are coming, where do you see yourself when it hits? if your boat flips and your in the water, is it time then to start looking for a life jacket? all I am saying is it's time to prepare for the worse. Many of you that live in fla, have been through bad weather, what happens at home depot if you wait to go stock up? no plywood for your windows maybe? batteries and water and supplies are gone?

I moved my family to panama. Now I understand when tuff times hit the u.s. it will also hit the world and no place is a safe haven. not even in panama. but I look at the problems that I won't have to deal with here, compared to the states.
1. it never gets cold here, so we wont freeze without power or fuel
2. it never gets to hot here, so we won't burn up without power or fuel
3. we can grow all year round here
4. ratio of people to guns here is very low compared to the u.s.
on that one I must say I have seen street guns the police take off people here and many are worn out, old and rusted junk. I can walk into any hood in the u.s. and buy the best newest weapons out there.
5. panama has many poor people, that are use to living without many things. If you compare the avg teenager here to one in the u.s. it's night and day. the teenager here has a small cot in one room that he shares with other people. he might have a 20.00 cell phone without time to make a call. One only needs to walk into a u.s teenagers room and start counting the toy's. Kids here wouldn't feel the hit of having all that taking away. can't long for things you never had.
6. I have a fresh deep underground source of water.
7. we have oceans on both sides which will be a source of food for many.
8. we never have hurricanes or tornados
9. food is local grown and plenty of it.
10. its a cleaner country, without the factories that pump out smoke and chemicals.
11. we have far less gangs and people hooked on drugs here as well.

there are 11 things just off the top of my head that I don't have to worry about. what if I lived in new york, would all these apply?

I live each day, happy, I go out and live life to the fullest, I don't sit here and worry about all this but I am PREPARED, in case it does. are you? do you have food stocked up? water, guns? what is your plan if something like this hit. I have 100 cases of pint bottle of cheap liquor. I can trade one for a chicken or pounds of rice or beans.

is where your living a safe place, if not do you have a place in mind that you can get too away from the cities? getting to it is a big issue as well, if everyone hits the road trying to get out, then the highway will be worthless once a few cars run out of fuel. now you can't make that 75 mile drive.

many people will dismiss this post as a rant from a nut case. fair enough I'll been called that before. I was called that when I told friends to start selling off their real estate holding and to buy gold years ago. they didn't do it of course and said your nuts, now they can't do either one. Their holdings are worthless and many have just handed them back over to the banks because they were upside down in them.

just spend a little time and think over this post, yeah I understand there are some if's and maybe's in there, it reminds me of when my dad would have fire drills in our home, as a kid I would hate to be woken up for a drill, it seemed like a waste, until one night my dad yelled fire and we all were standing were he told us to be, all safe and accounted for while we watched the house burn.

love you all

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HELLO MY DARLINGS

802MARK — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:14:04 +0000

Hello everyone, I hope that all is going well in your part of the world.. well maybe it isn't due to the fact that you have found and spend time reading this web site.. what's that mean? it means your looking into a change of life. for whatever reason.. maybe the u.s. crime is getting out of hand, or the government. maybe your bored and need a last ditch ring around to make you feel alive. maybe your tired of your damn kids, yes you love them, but you handed them the best years of your life and now it's time for you damn it.

well today I woke at around 12 pm. had a little something to eat, laid in the hammock and watched and smelled it rain for a hour, watched birds zipping here and there and yes watched the grass grow.. ahhhhh stressful life today. thursday I'll play poker with the boy's smoke to much and for sure drink far more.. then fri. it's off to the beach to soak in some rays, and to check out my wifes fine ass.. ahhh yes.. what a life.

life here is what you make it. slow or fast paced.

I don't want to get into a fight on here, well maybe I do, but I can't stand someone standing on the soap box telling you all about this wonderful life,, and how your life will change, if only you would spend 2,330.00 on my week in bla bla... that's right 6 nights and 4 days, well one day your own your own.. to change your freaking life. that's right pay me so I can live mine... I'll take you around the country and show you some set up bull shiiiiii and have lunch.. fun time for all.. just come on down. I need your money.. change your life.. feel good about yourself. for once. you loser... let me show you things you have only dreamed of... like SAND.. OCEAN WATER.. BUSHES.. and yes for this limited time I'll even throw in two guys that will rob your ass of everything you have left.... lol. sorry..

yes I am sorry.. I am sorry that you feel the need to pay someone to show you a country. the need to pay 3k for something you can do on your own... or maybe you can't... if not don't delay change your whole life today, by sending 14.99 plus postage and handling to change your sorry life....

hehehehh I think I just started a fight... well ok... won't be my first on here, nor the last unless peter gets tired of my crap and bars me from posting anything new...

speaking of new I ran into a video today that IS A MUST SHARE.. people ask me all the time.. 802MARK, your so damn smart and gooddddd looking will you take my wife out tonight for drinks and dinner/?/ o sorry wrong blog... anyway people ask me all the time 802MARK how is panama????? can I live there on 1,200.87 per month? I was told I can get a visa in 60 to 90 days is that true?

lol.... check out this video THIS IS HOW IT IS HERE.. ready.. don't be shy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXWZ3uAEKsw watch that. that sums it all up and trust me as soon as I can find a email for the president I'm going to send it to his ass,,, of course I might be moving out of panama to some other country aftet I do,, but hey I know a hot chick that might give me a discount and change my life....... yeah baby!!!

all the above was meant with much love, only in fun please do not get pissed off and write me a long letter telling me what a asshole I am. I already know.. so what about that discount????

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Hello (not) from paradise!

LisaValencia — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:14:03 +0000

Hello Readers and Friends,
        As you may know, I have been in the United States for a month. Most of my time has been spent in a little chunk of suburbia penned in by a maze of massive highways on the East Coast Megalopolis. I have two more weeks until I'm back home in paradise. My time here has confirmed the two most important things I just said in the previous sentence: "back home" and "in paradise".
        When I first moved to Costa Rica people often asked me if I intended to stay there always. "Always - that's a long time." I would reply. "I'm here now, that's all I know." The idea of home takes a while to develop; getting your bearings, making friends, learning about the area, accepting the bad with the good and finding your own little niche. I'm coming on four years of Caribbean life and I now finally, freely call it home. Will I always live there? Always is a long time...
        I call Puerto Viejo paradise, though there are those who would argue it. That is where accepting the bad with the good comes in. My contention is that paradise is not perfect - nor is it supposed to be. On the subject of perfection, I always think of the Persian rug weavers who intentionally insert a mistake into every rug. They do this in homage to God, who is the only true perfection. In spite of the odorous garbage sometimes intermingling with the fresh floral fragrances in the air and the recurrent obligation to pay attention to keep your stuff safe, to me, the Caribe Sur is paradise.
        Two years ago, the last time I was in the United States, I was unsure if I would be able to go back to Costa Rica. Adjusting to a new world and finding a way to support myself was a challenge. As you may know, I've had to reinvent myself more than once. I am exceedingly pleased to tell you that this time there is no doubt as to my return and I know just what I am going to do. Creating the life you want to live can be a trial and error process. It was for me, although there were really no errors, just learning experiences. All along my dream had been to be able to live in "paradise" and do work that would benefit others. I sincerely believe that the new program I have designed in association with my guide service, "Change Your Life in Costa Rica," will fill that bill. I am anxious to share with others, what I have learned about following and realizing one's dreams.
        So here is where you come in. I am currently beginning a campaign to let people know this program is available. I have been told that four million people per year come to Costa Rica. Some of them may be interested in what I have to offer. If you know anyone who might, please send them a link to my home page. And if you have any leads for me, if you know of a forum or web site or business or anywhere else that I might post a notice, please let me know. My readers have always been there to support me: with consolation when my camera was stolen, encouragement when my car broke down, advice on the presentation of my book in paperback and insightful comments on my stories. I know you'll have lots of great ideas for me now, too. So in advance, muchisimas gracias!
        As for my writing, there's something brewing in my head from all the cultural clash I've been feeling since I've been in the "civilized world." When it comes to a boil and bursts out of my brain I'll begin writing about it, so you'll hear from me again soon.

As they say in my little home town, Jah Bless.
Su Amiga,
Lisa

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Life Changing Blog

LisaValencia — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:48:58 +0000

Ok, my new blog may not change your life, but it's open for discussion. The world is changing rapidly, confounding and confusing people. Many are looking to make their own changes. Often the first place we look is for a change in location, hence the massive move of North Americans to Costa Rica. But real change first begins in your head, with your thoughts and feelings. My new blog is a place to talk about it. http://yourlifecostarica.blogspot.com/

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Usama Bin Laden is Dead!

elsalwizard — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:49:02 +0000

US Citizens everywhere take care, remember you are not responsible for US government policy, remember there ARE many radicals and hizbollah in parts of Central America. Whether you like it or not, I like it, a symbol of hate who never represented Muslims nor Islam is gone......

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