Cortes Waterfall

I was talking with a guest in our restaurant at the school and he had a picture of a beautiful waterfalls on his computer. When I asked him where it was, he told me 21.2 kilometers from the school. ( obviously a military man in his former life). I could not believe it. I have been living here for six months and still don’t know about these things? The tourist infrastructure is non-existent. When I wrote the department of tourism a while back and asked them if they wanted me to officially blog for them, I did not even get an answer. That was after spending about an hour trying to get an e mail address. A headline in the Tico Times says:” Costa Rica, the new Florida.” I don’t think so. What people like about Florida so much is that it has all the amenities of Canada but not the potholes!

Anyway, back to the story.I drove south for exactly 21.2 kilometers and turned right as he said. There was simply a dirt road, no signs, no sounds, no flashing lights a la California. I drove exactly 500 meters up the road as he instructed, turned right as he told me and then a left another 300 meters up the road and got out of my car and followed a path to Shangra-la. Wouldn’t you think it would be prudent of the tourist authority to at least put up a few signs? What are they thinking? How about a little hut selling water at least? I certainly can’t figure it out. It was a great little spot as you can see from the pictures and no-one knows about this site!!!

Talking about potholes… Look at this. I was driving through Liberia with my Nissan Pathfinder, thank God, and fell into this pothole with the whole front of the car! If I had been driving a small rented car I would probably still be down this open sewer or in someone’s toilet. There was no sign, no cover , no nothing. As if on cue, about 10 guys came out from somewhere and literally lifted the car back on the road. I don’t know if they were expecting a tip but I was so thankful I got out I simply drove away after a few high fives! They also dig up and fix the potholes in the road all the time, especially when I am trying to get to school, but they do such a poor job of it that they are back the next week filling the same potholes. There must be some conspiracy to do it poorly.

School has been extremely busy for some reason. I thought after all the planning I would now be in retirement but parents keep asking questions, kids still are being kids and teachers need their constant reminders. As well, it keeps me off the streets, or in this case, out of the water! Have a nice week if you are reading this.