A little Vacation from Conservation…
I have been promising to write that article about window energy savings in the warm climates, but it is going to have to wait a little longer. I have been redesigning a website, with new software to boot, and it takes a ridiculous amount of time. This writing being a hobby while work being necessary to my existence, it takes precedence. This is not about my work, which I am going to keep private. It is about what I have been reading about a lot with envy, as I have not been able to take a vacation myself for quite a while.
I started by reading about Belize, which is formerly British Honduras. It is a tiny country off the boot of Mexico. It doesn’t get the publicity of Costa Rica in Central America, and here is why: There are only 250,000 people in the whole country! I keep thinking about going there for a year to write, as they do speak english there, and I thought that would be convenient. But I heard it is hard to change the money there-they love american hard currency and hate to see it leave the country. It should be a great place to go, but I don’t think that it is as polished a vacation destination as is Costa Rica. I had two young girlfriends go there for several weeks a couple of years ago, and they found it to be incredibly beautiful and interesting, and more importantly, safe. They are very attractive young gals, and they experienced no problems whatsoever. After they came back with their photo albums and stories, I talked to a buddy of mine about renting a Costa Rica Vacation Home for a few weeks just to see what it would be like to be there. Unfortunately, the wifey wouldn’t hear of it-of course, she wasn’t invited, so that might have had something to do with it. All the pretty ticas-as Costa Rican girls are known-and I would have to worry about being if you would like to read the rest of this article, you can find it here….althingamerica