This years “Pura Vida No Pro”, the 8th annual benefit for the children of the orphanage; Hospicio de Huerfanos in San Jose was again successful and loads of fun.

This is the event that nearly the entire community volunteers for and we all look forward to it every year. My husband, Erik and I recruited 4 people this year to volunteer and they were so glad they did. Read the rest of this entry

Our local webmistress has now made this website more user/author friendly. Just sign in (sign up, first) by clicking on the Login/Register link to the right.

Under the “Site Tools” menu, click the “Submit A Blog Post” link.

Be sure to select a category and type in a title and write your article or news event exactly as you would like it to appear, then click “Send” button.  It is that easy to send your post right to the home page.
Thanks in advance to anyone who who puts up local information. This site is a tool to help keep the community, as well as the tourists informed.

Use it to get the word out on your event, business, rental, item for sale, etc. This site is for you, Esterillos!
Happy posting!

Yesterday’s earthquake rocked our house a little bit. According to the US Geological Survey, there were many reports on this quake from all over the country, as far away as San Vito, as well as Alajuela, San Jose, and many more. We were about 50 kilometers from the epicenter of that 5.0 quake, whereas Quepos was less than 30 k from the epicenter, which was somewhere up in the mountainsbetween Quepos and San Jose. Anyone with any more info can sign in and post up a comment. Our house only shook for about 20 seconds with a small aftershock continuing slightly longer.