Costa Rica Journal - Sunday, 5-24-09

Olman came over around 10:00 am and we all piled up into his Land Rover to go see another property. This one was close, in upper Cabanga, just off the main road. The moment we set foot on the land, we all fell in love.

It was beautifully landscaped with banana and papaya trees. There was lots of ginger plants along the edge of the property and huge 1 acre garden area. A 3 bedroom house was already there on the property as well as a huge garage that doubled at a wood shop. Large piles of bamboo were stacked against the walls of the shop, waiting to be made into fences.

The property is about 14 acres with dense forest as well as river access. The road that we drove up on is public and it was a short distance to the main road that goes from Arenal to Guatozo. This property is probably about a mile away from the rental house we are staying in right now.

On our way back home, we stopped by Olman's house and he showed us his yard. We had a delicious snack of young coconut water and flesh, then his wife made us a nice oat milk drink. After sitting and talking for a while, we decided to go back up to the property to take the road down to the river for a swim.

Once you started downhill, the road turned into more of a hiking trail and within 5 minutes we were at the river. The temperature was nice and cool and the pools were deep enough to swim in. It was so quiet and peaceful to bathe there. Long after our time spent at the river, we daydreamed of calling this little slice of heaven our own.