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The Destination


The land we own is in Guanacaste, Costa Rica in a little town called Potrero on the Pacific side of the country.  Lets go over the long and short of where we are headed.  
This is Central America.  Home to amazing things like coffee, coconuts, volcanoes, toucans, a really impressive canal, and my personal favorite thing in earth, SLOTHS!!



Now Costa Rica is between Nicaragua and Panama. It is a beautiful country with two lovely coastlines and beautiful rain forests. Costa Rica is known for it's nature conservation efforts, the fact they are a country with no standing army, the lowest crime rate of any Central American country, the fact they have a diverse rain forest, and the high expat count since it's inexpensive, safe, and a overall lovely place.





The providence of Guanacaste is on the north west side of the county.  It is known for it's short monsoon season of just two months, breathtaking beaches and vacation spots, the  Arenal volcano, and hot springs



Potrero is a town in Guanacaste right along the Pacific coast.  It's a quite, unassuming costal town known for it's fishing. Its sandwitched between some famious Costa Rician beaches like Playa Coco, Playa Flamingo,and Playa Conchal a beach made entirely of seashells. (don't walk barefoot, even if your friend didn't bring her sandals and is in pain walking over the seashell bits.)
And this is our land, not more than a quarter mile away from the ocean. Darn.

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