Meet Francisco and Oscar!!

Meet Francisco and Oscar! Two of my favorite persons since coming to Costa Rica are Francisco, ‘Fran’ and Oscar. These two dudes work as the groundskeepers of Paradise, also known as Las Villas de San Buenas de Osa. When you visit this place you’ll...

Eat at El Jardin

Walking distance from Las Villas de San Buenas de Osa is a wonderful restaurant called El Jardin. It’s a seafood restaurant but it doesn’t just have seafood. Seafood is simply their specialty and their seafood is rather outstanding. Their cerviche is to...

The Spanish Word for Smile Sounds Like Sunrise

The Spanish word for smile is sonrisa, a word I love because it reminds me of sunrise, an incredible metaphor for both. Is a smile like a sunrise or is a sunrise like a smile? (That’s a simile, I know.) (A word I also love because it looks similar to smile.) I...

My Christmas Eve in Paradise

I am house-sitting where you belong. This place belongs to you, dear Reader. Do you understand? I’m merely the gatekeeper, the house-sitter of YOUR paradise and I’m in bliss. Again, I repeat. It is Christmas Eve in Costa Rica and I’m in bliss. And...

Meet Ezekiel Tyrus.

Ezekiel Tyrus is the newest member of the Las Villas de San Buenas team. ‘Zeke’ is our new onsite property manager and will meet you when you come to rent one of our homes during check-in, and/or when you come to look at purchasing an affordable Costa...