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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 8:17pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Actually, I think she would be right here if she was just a little bit less computer-phobic. But, yeah, she was as thrilled as I was when I suddenly said one day, "We're going to Costa Rica!" I had to say it 3 times before she decided that I hadn't actually lost my mind. Well at least she played along
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 8:15pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:We're home! Got here Sunday with a raging case of airliner flu or something, have been sleeping about 14 hours a day since. Feeling better today but still pretty congested. We had such a great time while we were there. Puerto Viejo is a laid back little town, village actually, with a great mix of Latin American and Caribbean influences. Tourism is their main industry, and they do it up right. There are discos, bars, tours restaurants, places to rent bikes, scooters and ATVs. They offer rooms in hostels or dorms for as little as $10 US per night, small hotels, cottages, all sorts of lodgings. And the food was superb! We found the best value and home made quality at the little "sodas," and we didn't have a bad meal the whole week. (L: "Why do they call them sodas?" Me: "Why do we call them cafes?") But my favorite is Cashew Hill Lodge. It sits up on the hill overlooking the town in a tropical rain forest. As in much of Costa Rica, the native plants share space with imported species of bananas, coconuts, bamboo and various landscape plants. Cashew Hill catches the breezes from the Caribbean to keep the humidity and heat within comfortable ranges and offers views of the town and the beaches and water beyond. I doubt that the temperature exceeded 85f all the time we were there. As I already mentioned, the people we met, both at Cashew hill and in Puerto Viejo, were as friendly and helpful as you could imagine. We can't wait to go back. I bought a new camera for the trip, A Sanyo Xacti VPC-GH2, (thank you Woot.com) about the size of a large bar of soap that I could carry in a pants pocket and not have to lug around the Nikon and its bag. The new one takes both HD video and 12mp stills. It does a better job on the videos than the stills, but I haven't yet figured out how to upload videos, so here are a few of the stills: jadewahoo and OlderThanDirt at maybe one of RP's most distant meetups (both more than 3000 miles from home) Our living room, kitchen and dining room Looking north into town Thanks again to Bill and Rebecca and to all the Radio Paradise supporters who made this possible. Glad you had a great time. Welcome home.
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Leslie
Location: Antioch, CA Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 8:13pm |
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s t OlderThanDirt wrote:Actually, I think she would be right here if she was just a little bit less computer-phobic. But, yeah, she was as thrilled as I was when I suddenly said one day, "We're going to Costa Rica!" I had to say it 3 times before she decided that I hadn't actually lost my mind. I hope you two had a fantabulous time!
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OlderThanDirt
Location: In Transit Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 8:09pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:That's very cool. I'm glad you 2 got it! Actually I'm sure L is thinking "okay I guess there's a point to e-hanging out with all those shiftless bums on RP" Actually, I think she would be right here if she was just a little bit less computer-phobic. But, yeah, she was as thrilled as I was when I suddenly said one day, "We're going to Costa Rica!" I had to say it 3 times before she decided that I hadn't actually lost my mind.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 7:57pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:We're home!
That's very cool. I'm glad you 2 got it! Actually I'm sure L is thinking "okay I guess there's a point to e-hanging out with all those shiftless bums on RP"
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onlylynne
Location: On a bluff near the Missouri River Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 6:00pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:We're home! ... Thanks again to Bill and Rebecca and to all the Radio Paradise supporters who made this possible. I'm so glad you had a good time! I would love to go there someday.
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OlderThanDirt
Location: In Transit Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 5:34pm |
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jadewahoo wrote:Welcome back home G&L. I already miss PV and all the wonderful times there. It was sofa king cool to meet up with you two down there. Thanks for the photo. I'm glad you to had such a wonderful time. It is hard not to, eh? Congrats again on your winning the RP Costa Rica vacation. It was cool to meet you, too. The restaurant suggestions you gave us were much appreciated. The food there was so good!
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jadewahoo
Location: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 5:18pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:We're home! Got here Sunday with a raging case of airliner flu or something, have been sleeping about 14 hours a day since. Feeling better today but still pretty congested. We had such a great time while we were there. Puerto Viejo is a laid back little town, village actually, with a great mix of Latin American and Caribbean influences. Tourism is their main industry, and they do it up right. There are discos, bars, tours restaurants, places to rent bikes, scooters and ATVs. They offer rooms in hostels or dorms for as little as $10 US per night, small hotels, cottages, all sorts of lodgings. And the food was superb! We found the best value and home made quality at the little "sodas," and we didn't have a bad meal the whole week. (L: "Why do they call them sodas?" Me: "Why do we call them cafes?") But my favorite is Cashew Hill Lodge. It sits up on the hill overlooking the town in a tropical rain forest. As in much of Costa Rica, the native plants share space with imported species of bananas, coconuts, bamboo and various landscape plants. Cashew Hill catches the breezes from the Caribbean to keep the humidity and heat within comfortable ranges and offers views of the town and the beaches and water beyond. I doubt that the temperature exceeded 85f all the time we were there. As I already mentioned, the people we met, both at Cashew hill and in Puerto Viejo, were as friendly and helpful as you could imagine. We can't wait to go back. I bought a new camera for the trip, A Sanyo Xacti VPC-GH2, (thank you Woot.com) about the size of a large bar of soap that I could carry in a pants pocket and not have to lug around the Nikon and its bag. The new one takes both HD video and 12mp stills. It does a better job on the videos than the stills, but I haven't yet figured out how to upload videos, so here are a few of the stills: jadewahoo and OlderThanDirt at maybe one of RP's most distant meetups (both more than 3000 miles from home) Our living room, kitchen and dining room Looking north into town Thanks again to Bill and Rebecca and to all the Radio Paradise supporters who made this possible. Welcome back home G&L. I already miss PV and all the wonderful times there. It was sofa king cool to meet up with you two down there. Thanks for the photo. I'm glad you to had such a wonderful time. It is hard not to, eh? Congrats again on your winning the RP Costa Rica vacation.
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OlderThanDirt
Location: In Transit Gender:
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Mar 8, 2011 - 5:01pm |
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We're home! Got here Sunday with a raging case of airliner flu or something, have been sleeping about 14 hours a day since. Feeling better today but still pretty congested. We had such a great time while we were there. Puerto Viejo is a laid back little town, village actually, with a great mix of Latin American and Caribbean influences. Tourism is their main industry, and they do it up right. There are discos, bars, tours restaurants, places to rent bikes, scooters and ATVs. They offer rooms in hostels or dorms for as little as $10 US per night, small hotels, cottages, all sorts of lodgings. And the food was superb! We found the best value and home made quality at the little "sodas," and we didn't have a bad meal the whole week. (L: "Why do they call them sodas?" Me: "Why do we call them cafes?") But my favorite is Cashew Hill Lodge. It sits up on the hill overlooking the town in a tropical rain forest. As in much of Costa Rica, the native plants share space with imported species of bananas, coconuts, bamboo and various landscape plants. Cashew Hill catches the breezes from the Caribbean to keep the humidity and heat within comfortable ranges and offers views of the town and the beaches and water beyond. I doubt that the temperature exceeded 85f all the time we were there. As I already mentioned, the people we met, both at Cashew hill and in Puerto Viejo, were as friendly and helpful as you could imagine. We can't wait to go back. I bought a new camera for the trip, A Sanyo Xacti VPC-GH2, (thank you Woot.com) about the size of a large bar of soap that I could carry in a pants pocket and not have to lug around the Nikon and its bag. The new one takes both HD video and 12mp stills. It does a better job on the videos than the stills, but I haven't yet figured out how to upload videos, so here are a few of the stills: jadewahoo and OlderThanDirt at maybe one of RP's most distant meetups (both more than 3000 miles from home) Our living room, kitchen and dining room Looking north into town Thanks again to Bill and Rebecca and to all the Radio Paradise supporters who made this possible.
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jadewahoo
Location: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 8:08pm |
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BillJ wrote: Ponte Vecchio? I wouldn't dive in the water if that's what you mean. Puerto Viejo... it is the town in Costa Rica where I was staying, and where OTD has been visiting. And the water is fine!
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BillJ
Location: just far enough away from NYC Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 7:01pm |
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jadewahoo wrote: I am sure you have found PV nd surrounding area to be inspiring, the people warm and friendly and waters inviting. Post the pic! Pura Vida~ Jade
Ponte Vecchio? I wouldn't dive in the water if that's what you mean.
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jadewahoo
Location: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 6:38pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can. Hola OTD! It was so great to be able to see you and L upon your arrival. I am sure you have found PV nd surrounding area to be inspiring, the people warm and friendly and waters inviting. Post the pic! Pura Vida~ Jade
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K_Love
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Mar 3, 2011 - 3:14pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can. WOW! Sounds amazing. Thanks for the update and happy anniversary!
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 3:07pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can. Belated Happy Anniversary to you both.
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 2:42pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can. Pura Vida! Getting ready to shop for airline tickets in the next couple of weeks for my planned summer (rainy season) trip, got to come up with 4 of em' with the price jack because of Middle East unrest just getting started!
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Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 2:35pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can. Hurray! Sounds perfect! to you and L. And on your 49th!
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 1:59pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can. Looking forward to the photos...
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OlderThanDirt
Location: In Transit Gender:
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Mar 3, 2011 - 1:52pm |
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Hola! Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is everything we had hoped it would be, and the Cashew Hill Lodge exceeds our expectations. Three of the cottages are currently occupied by Radio Paradise fans (who don't participate in the forum). and you couldn't ask for a friendlier group. The new owners are a family named Denley. Sue, her son Andrew and his girlfriend Alli run the show while Sue's husband manages a wholesale seafood business in New England. They are as nice a bunch of proprietors as we have ever met. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is covered in dense rain forest. We have had rain almost every day, but mostly while we slept. The days have been in the mid 80s and the nights in the mid 70's. Our cottage is farthest from the wifi equipment, so we have been unable to connect until now. Email is still not possible, but it seems to be a security problem with the local ISP provider, and we can do without email just fine. There are so many other things occupying out time that we really haven't had all that much time for the computer anyway. Lots of tours and sights to see, lots of local color, tons of great food and drink - all in all a great time, and to top it all off, L and I celebrated out 49th wedding anniversary yesterday. We've had a wonderful time, but we have to start home tomorrow. Connections aren't the greatest, so we will make it as far as San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow, Los Angeles the following night and home on Sunday. It has been a wonderful trip, and it seems like so much more that a week. Thank you, Bill and Rebecca, and thank all of you great people who support Radio Paradise and make this all possible. We had a large breakfast this morning, so we skipped lunch and now L is hungry. I'll try to come back after dinner if I can.
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Sep 19, 2010 - 5:50am |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Woot!!! I just turned the laptop on for the first time today and found a PM with the best news I've had in a long time. Thank you Bill and Rebecca and Radio Paradise!
We have enjoyed Radio Paradise, its music and the wonderful folks on the forum for over 5 years now, and this is just icing on the cake. We've met people from all over the world, enjoyed their hospitality and had the good fortune to be able to extend ours to many of you. What a great bunch of people and what a great internet radio station!
No. 1 son was on the phone talking to L when I suddenly shouted, "We're going to Costa Rica!" He thought I had finally lost the rest of my marbles. Well, maybe I have, but we're still going to Costa Rica!
Thanks again Bill and Rebecca. I'll be PMing you as soon as I can get down from the ceiling.
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HazzeSwede
Location: Hammerdal Gender:
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Sep 19, 2010 - 5:46am |
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G and L !!! I hope you'll have a great time ! Looking forward to see some pictures !
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