Tank Tops Flip Flops Newsletter edition no. 72

Costa Rica Budget Home Builder – Relax you are in Paradise Part 5

The next time you see or meet the subject of this newsletter you should shake his hand and give him a BIG Thank You.  

Jean-Pierre LaMarche built the Hotel El Velero over 20 years ago from the ground up – and without him we would never have had this unique Playa Hermosa Institution/Beach Front Bar/Restaurant/Hotel/Locals Hangout.  If Jean-Pierre did not lay his anchor down some 25 years ago in the tranquil waters of Playa Hermosa we would never hear the words “Let’s meet at the Velero for drinks”.

People ask me all the time, What is it like to live in Costa Rica?

I tell them AWESOME! I live in paradise. “But don’t you miss things about the USA?” I always chuckle at that question. Miss what? Traffic, Smog, noise, snow? Bad attitudes, insane taxes, high cost of living? Daily bombardment of Politics, $20 to park my car and $9 for a Heineken? Nope I don’t miss any of that.