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La Parada Restaurant In La Fortuna Costa Rica
Travel Log: Day 15 (7/12), Costa Rica The main event today was going out to lunch at a restaurant named La Parada in La Fortuna Costa Rica. It is either owned by, or worked at by our Airbnb host. Following the let down of sober fast food stand trip #2, La Parada was refreshing, delicious,
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Local Minimart and FAC – La Fortuna Costa Rica
Travel Log: Day 14 (7/11), Costa Rica This was a pretty quiet day, and I barely left the house. In the morning all of us except BC worked out. BC doesn’t need that because his daily activity level is through the roof. The Japan search continued and my mind was much more clear on how
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Alcohol The Taste Enhancer
This is from travel day 13 (7/10) in Costa Rica. Japan Search We are getting to the point that we need to book our first Japan Airbnb. I spent a couple hours today searching for places and it’s turning into a lot of effort like it always does. We are working within a desired range
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The Best Things In Life Are Free
Travel Log: Day 12 (7/9), Costa Rica Today was the undisputed best day so far in Costa Rica, thanks to a completely free activity (aside from a $3 Uber ride). This is exactly the antidote to yesterday’s failures. The place we went to is called “El Salto” or “The Jump”. It’s a small waterfall with
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Rental And Budget Failures
Travel Log: Day 11 (7/8), Costa Rica Failures It was a day of rental and budget failures, and lessons learned. Lesson #1 – We aren’t professional cleaners This lesson kicked off first thing in the morning with an email from our property manager saying the new tenants thought the kitchen and bathrooms weren’t cleaned sufficiently.
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The Hunt For Our Next Lodging
Travel Log: Day 10 (7/7), Costa Rica This morning we made a trip to the grocery store and came back with a pretty decent haul for $60. We spent the rest of the day searching for our next location, aside from a nap, duolingo, and an improvised rock throwing game. The urgency to book our
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La Fortuna Waterfall – A Torrent of People And Money
Travel Log: Day 9 (7/6), Costa Rica Ride Shares Today we went to the La Fortuna waterfall which is only a couple miles from our Airbnb. Rather than attempting to walk on the roads with no shoulder, we opted for Uber. This was our first experience with Uber in the country. After using it, it’s
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Running In La Fortuna Costa Rica – Good Luck
Travel Log: Day 8 (7/5), Costa Rica Morning JC and I run every Saturday almost like clockwork. Like any Saturday we tried running here in La Fortuna Costa Rica. My plan was to run to a gym in La Fortuna, and if the run there didn’t work out, we could run at the gym. This
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Chocolate and Coffee Tour – La Fortuna Costa Rica
Travel Log: Day 7 (7/4), Costa Rica Morning We had an 8am chocolate and coffee tour here in La Fortuna Costa Rica to start our day. It was within walking distance which made it easy. The tour was really good, but it’s more about providing info than endless amounts of chocolate and coffee. I had
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Costa Rica Rainy Day Activities
Travel Log: Day 6 (7/3), Costa Rica Morning We were inside all morning partly due to weather and partly due to a slow start. We didn’t eat breakfast until almost 10, and then lunch rolled around. JC and I did some research on our next location but didn’t decide anything. We also researched excursions. Afternoon
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
