Land owners in Costa Rica

I can't believe it, but we're now land owners in Costa Rica. It's in a small town of about 2,000 people called Cahuita on the Caribbean coast. The property has over 30 coconut trees, some banana and papaya trees and 2 dogs. Yes, 2 dogs. The 2 dogs apparently come with the land.

It's bare, nothing there except trees and jungle vegetation. We're hoping to build a house and a couple of cabinas. Eventually we'll rent it out as we continue on our world journey. And the actual building of living quarters won't start until next year (2006) some time anyway.

But, it's so exciting. I'm now beginning research on how houses are built. Phew, there's a lot to know. Plus there's all the legal things that have to go just right so there are no problems. It's pretty easy to own property in Costa Rica, the hard part will be getting the house and cabinas built.

Another language to learn - Costa Rican Spanish.