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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 be struck how lush,...
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 die-for....
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 awoke a...
Costa Rica – Away but With a Nice View of the Storm
"I awake every day, jump out of bed to view the mountainside and sigh. It’s so beautiful." "Been house sitting a large two-story house with a pool and jacuzzi high up a steep mountain with nothing but rocky dirt roads ." "Today being Sunday in a Catholic country that...
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 this experience,...
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 this experience,...
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 Rican lot or...
The Sunsets of Costa Rica: An Even Greater Phenomenon than Aurora Borealis
I’m not discrediting the Northern Lights. If you are like me, seeing the Aurora Borealis, a collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere, is on your Bucket List. However, I don’t believe the Northern Lights will have anything on the sunsets of Costa...
The Sunsets of Costa Rica Are An Even Greater Phenomenon than Aurora Borealis
I’m not discrediting the Northern Lights. If you are like me, seeing the Aurora Borealis, a collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere, is on your Bucket List. However, I don’t believe the Northern Lights will have anything on the sunsets of Costa...
Donation to Reserva Playa Tortuga
Las Villas de San Buenas proudly donated over 10 headlamps to Reserva Playa Tortuga (RPT) recently. RPT is located approximately 10 minutes from Las Villas de San Buenas and they provide our residents and visitors an amazing opportunity to help protect Costa Rica's...
Reserva Playa Tortuga Donation
Las Villas de San Buenas proudly donated over 10 headlamps to Reserva Playa Tortuga (RPT) recently. RPT is located approximately 10 minutes from Las Villas de San Buenas and they provide our residents and visitors an amazing opportunity to help protect Costa Rica’s...
United Airlines adds Seasonal Flights to Costa Rica
United Airlines Adds Two Nonstop Flights to Costa Rica Source: The Tico Times The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) in July reported that U.S. carrier United Airlines will open two seasonal flights between Denver and Costa Rica from December to April. One of the flights...
Meet our Customers
Las Villas de San Buenas has a diverse set of owners from around the world (eight countries and counting). Come join us in paradise!! More information here
Lapa Photographed at Casa Lapa
The photograph below was taken by Nick Halverson in May 2015 from the backyard of Casa Lapa using a Nikon D5000 with a Nikkor 18-140 mm lens. It is of a scarlet macaw (or a lapa as they are known in Costa Rica). There were four lapas eating the ripening almonds...
Lapa Photographed at Casa Lapa
Lapa (Scarlet Macaw) The photograph below was taken by Nick Halverson in May 2015 from the backyard of Casa Lapa using a Nikon D5000 with a Nikkor 18-140 mm lens. It is of a scarlet macaw (or a lapa as they are known in Costa Rica). There were four lapas eating the...
