Manuel Antonio to Puriscal: the two-hour backroad most people never take
Most rental cars and shuttles take the same coastal highway. There's a quieter way through the hills — and it runs right past our gate.
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Is Costa Rica safe? A straight answer from two Ticos who live here
Not a tourism-board yes. A real answer from two Costa Ricans who moved back and live, year-round, in the hills of Puriscal.
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Is Quinta LoCura a birding lodge? The honest answer
People keep asking if we run birding tours near La Cangreja. We don't — here's what we actually have, and who it's actually for.
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Shou sugi ban on a budget — charring cedar planks for the shala fascia
First real experiment with yakisugi on local cedar. The color is extraordinary — near carbon-black with a grain that opens under the torch. Notes on technique, what we burned, and what not to do the first time.
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Turmeric goes in the ground — intercropping with the banana rows
40 rhizomes into the lower terrace, intercropped along the banana rows. Soil prep, spacing notes, and what the first two weeks looked like.
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17 new species in April — and why the dry-wet transition is prime time
A wet-season migration pattern we've been noticing for two years now. The tanager flocks arrive before the rains do. Field log with timestamps and a few observations from the creek trail.
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