December 2007
BRRRR……………..ARRIVING BACK INTO THE MN WINTER WONDERLAND LATE YESTERDAY…MY THOUGHTS REFLECT BACK TO THE LAST MONTH OF BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, WARMTH & DELIGHT…
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME UPDATES WITH YOU ON MY RECENT TRIP TO SAN JUAN DEL SUR & OF COURSE, PARAISO DE AMELIA , AKA PDA…
I WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FAMILY- PAT, JIM & JIM’S FINANCEE ANDREA..ALSO, INVESTORS & FRIENDS DOUG MOKRES, BOB & DIANE BINDA...WE HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET & HAVE DINNER WITH CHARLES BENSLEY, LOT OWNER. ALSO, CLAY & KIM FROM CHICAGO ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS TO BUILD THEIR HOUSE. THEY HAVE HIRED AN ARCHITECT, HAVE DRAWINGS BEING COMPLETED. THEIR LOT HAS BEEN CLEARED AND THEY WILL BE GREAT NEIGHBORS.
THE RAINY SEASON HAS LEFT THE PROJECT & COUNTRY ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING WITH A TROPICAL FEEL. THE HOWLER MONKEY’S GAVE US A WAKE UP CALL EACH MORNING AND CONTINUED THEIR FORM OF COMMUNICATIONS THRU-OUT THE DAY. RUMOR HAS IT THERE ARE ALSO PUMA’S SPOTTED ON THE PROPERTY...& YES, WE BELIEVE ONE CROSSED OUR PATH DRIVING UP TO THE PROPERTY LATE ONE NIGHT.
DEVELOPMENT’S CONTINUE & THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD ENSURING THE DEVELOPMENT IS SOUND, ECOLOGICALLY SOUND & WELL PLANNED. WE SAW BUILDINGS / DEVELOPMENTS BEING COMPLETED IN SAN JUAN DEL SUR & SURROUNDING AREA, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IT SURE MADE ME FEEL GOOD THAT INVESTORS, MANY WITH MUCH MORE INVESTED THAN WE HAVE, ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE.
THE ROAD AT PARAISO DE AMELIA HAS HELD UP WONDERFULLY, DESPITE ONE OF THE RAINIEST SEASONS IN YEARS. PAT & CHERYL LYNCH TOLD US – “THERE WAS THREE STRAIGHT WEEKS OF DUMPIN RAIN IN THE SAN JUAN DEL SUR AREA”. THE LYNCH’S, HAVE BEEN LIVING CLOSE TO OUR DEVELOPMENT FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS NOW AND AS YOU ALL KNOW PAT IS OUR ON-THE-GROUND-MANAGER AT PDA. TOGETHER THEY OWN & OPERATE EL NIDO BED & BREAKFAST. (WWW.ELNIDOBEDANDBREAKFAST.COM). CHERYL IS AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST WHO RECENTLY PUBLISHED A MAGAZINE CALLED NICARAGUA LIVING. THE MAGAZINE IS AIMED AT SHOWCASING THE MYRIAD LIFESTYLES AVAILABLE IN NICARAGUA. IT IS PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH & SPANISH AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT NICARAGUA AS WELL AS IN THE U.S.
VISIT NICARAGUA LIVING’S MAGAZINE AT WWW.NICARAGUALIVING.INFO
IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD, WE HAVE ELECTRIFIED THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS HUGE NEWS THAT WE WELCOME HEARTILY. THE PROCESS FOR GETTING THE ELECTRICITY INSTALLED IS COMPLICATED AND AIMED IN PART IN ENSURING THAT WE DON’T CUT DOWN THE PRIMARY GROWTH FOREST. WHILE WE WERE ANIXIOUS TO GET THE ELECTRICITY INSTALLED, WE DIDN’T MIND WAITING SINCE IT MEANT PRESERVING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE PROPERTY.
SPEAKING OF WAITING, THE PLANTS WE PLANTED AS PART OF THE MARENA APPROVAL PROCESS WAS WORTH IT! AFTER THE RAINS THEY HAVE SPURTED THEIR GLORIOUS LEAVES & BRILLIANTLY COLORED FLOWERS. (MARAENA IS NICARAGUA’S EVNVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY & IT TOOK US NEARLY A YEAR TO GET THE PLAN FOR OUR PROPERTY APPROVED.) WE HAVE PLANTED LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PLANTS, INCLUDING PLANTS THAT SERVE FUNCTIONS SUCH AS EROSION CONTROL, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ENJOYING PDA FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
PERHAPS THE MOST EXCITINGT PDA NEWS FOR US WAS THE MODEL HOME IS COMPLETED AND WE WERE ABLE TO STAY IN IT. THIS IS A 3 BEDROOM HOME WITH A BEAUTIFUL SWIMMING POOL. FEATURING NATURAL-LOOKING ROCK WATERFALL OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN. ( LOT D-10) – YOU HAVEN’T LIVED UNTIL YOU’VE SAVORED A FLOR DE CANA (NICARAGUA’S WORLD-CLASS RUM) WHILE SITTING ON THE POOLSIDE GAZEBO WATCHING THE SUNSET OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN. TRULY, IT IS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT. THE HOUSE CAME OUT BEAUTIFULLY. ALL THE APPLICANCES, FURNISHINGS, BEDDING ETC. I HAD PURCHASED EARLIER & NECESSARY FOR AN EXTENDED STAY WAS IN PLACE. THANK YOU PAT & CHERYL FOR HELPING OUT & ALSO COORDINATING THE MOVE WITH OUR WORKERS. THE HOUSE IS AVAILABLE FOR RENT & ALSO, SALE PRICE OF $289,900. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY THERE AT ANY TIME... PLEASE CONTACT ME...
ONE OF MY MAIN PLANS WHILE I WAS THERE WAS TO HAVE “APPRECIATION PARTY “ FOR OUR WORKERS…WE GRILLED CHICKEN , HAD ARROZ CON POLLO & CABBAGE SALAD (NATIVE DISHES), ALL WASHED DOWN , OF COURSE, WITH TONA & VICTORIA LOCAL BEERS AS WELL AS AFOREMENTIONED FLOR DE CANA. I HAD PURCHASED FROM THE STATES -SWISS ARMY KNIVES -ENGRAVED WITH EACH OF OUR WORKER’S NAME, AS GIFTS, AS WELL AS OTHER SMALLER GIFTS FOR WIFES & GIRLFRIENDS. PAT LYNCH, READ A SPEECH THAT SPECIFIED WHAT EACH OF THE WORKERS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT AND HOW GRATEFUL WE ALL WERE FOR THEIR HARD WORK. THIS PARTY COULD NOT HAVE GONE ANY BETTER. DANCING, LAUGHTER & GOODWILL WAS IN ABUNDANCE …& YES, IT DID PRODUCE A TEAR OR TWO!
WHEN YOU VISIT PDA...BE SURE TO GREET...
- PIZZI - PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WORKERS
- JUAN - PRESENTLY USING THE BODEGA AS HIS HOME - SECURITY GUARD FRONT ENTRANCE
- FERNANDO - CUIDADOR AT THE HOUSE
- EDDY, EFRAIN, & CHRISTIAN - YOU WILL SEE THEM WORKING THE GROUNDS
I, ALSO, ATTENDED A COOKING CLASS AT ANNA WEBSTER’S NEW HOME. ANNA & HER HUSBAND, TIM, HAVE BEEN COMING TO SAN JUAN DEL SUR FOR MANY YEARS AND RECENTLY MOVED INTO THEIR DREAM HOME. CHECK OUT HER SITE AT WWW.COOKINGWITHANNA.COM . THEY HOSTED A TEXAS HOLD’EM PARTY WHILE WE WERE THERE…GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
ANOTHER SITE YOU WILL ENJOY.. WWW.DANCESAR.COM ..DAN & CESAR ARE RESIDENT PHOTOGRAPERS WHO MOVED TO SAN JUAN DEL SUR SEVERAL YEARS AGO-- GREAT GUYS--THEIR WEB SITE FREATURES AWESOME PICTURES OF EVENTS, PEOPLE & COUNTRY. IT'S TOP CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY & WILL KEEP YOU IN TOUCH WITH EVENT HAPPENING’S & THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN... THANK YOU DAN & CESAR THIS IS A GREAT SITE!
THERE ARE SOME NEW RESTAURANTS IN & NEAR TOWN. EL JARDIN LOCATED CLOSE TO PDA, OFFERS FUSHION CUISINE. CHEF APRIL WHANN, COMBINES JAPANESE, MEXICAN, & THAI FARE. HER LIGHT, LOWER-CALORIE CHEESECAKES & HEALTY DESSERTS ARE WIDELY KNOWN. EL JARDIN RESTAURANT & SOON- TO-BE-HOTEL PROVIDES GREAT FOOD & COMPANY CLOSE TO OUR OWN PDA. IN TOWN, EL POZO OPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND OFFERS AN UPSCALE MENU. THIS MODERN BISTRO-TYPE RESTAURANT IS OWNED BY CHRISTIAN & CLAIRE FROM CA. THEIR FULL SERVICE BAR OFFERS A MODERN & SOPHISTICATED ATMOSPHERE WHERE YOU CAN CHAT WITH FRIENDS & MEET INTERESTING PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.
PLAN YOUR TRIP ..EXPERIENCE, ENJOY, INVEST IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY..
ISSY GALE #612 750 9651 USA
OR ISSY@TCQ.NET
