Guide to Quepos & Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Los Verbos Regulares en Presente del Modo Indicativo

Los Verbos —AR

Invente una oración con cada uno de los infinitivos que se le dan a continuación.

desear ______________________________________________________________

conversar ______________________________________________________________

desayunar ______________________________________________________________

caminar ______________________________________________________________

hablar ______________________________________________________________

escuchar ______________________________________________________________

Escriba oraciones con los verbos que se le dan a continuación según el sujeto indicado.

(yo) aceptar ______________________________________________________________

(tu) besar _________________________________________________________________

(ellos) cenar _________________________________________________________________

(el) disfrutar ______________________________________________________________

Filed under: Academia D'Amore, Tico Talk on January 27th, 2012
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Tostadas con Chorizo

By Bill Dwyer

This traditional Mexican dish is a favorite at our house. Tostadas can be made using meats other than chorizo, of course –or no meat at all. One tostada makes a good lunch, Two tostadas make dinner.

Ingredients:

4 small corn tortillas
1 small tin of refried beans
6-8 oz chorizo con chili
1 cup grated jack cheese, such as Monte Rico
4 tbsp natilla
4-5 lettuce leaves, washed, dried, and shredded
vegetable oil

For the salsa:

½ medium-size tomato, finely diced
½ medium-size onion, finely diced
½ avocado, finely diced (optional)
½ cup minced fresh cilantro
¼ tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp ground coriander seed (culantro)
juice of ¼ lime
salt, to taste
hot sauce or minced chipotle peppers, to taste (may be omitted if your chorizo is spicy)

Filed under: Cooking Corner on January 27th, 2012
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Want to impress your family and friends with your next Quepos fishing trip? Throw these terms around when you get back home describing your adventure, and you will have everybody around you green with envy! Meet us here in Quepos for some Costa Rica fishing this high season!

Action: Self Explanatory– “Lots of action today! Released four Sailfish and got a nice Dorado on board for dinner!”

Bluewater: The clear cobalt water that billfish and other predatory fish prefer to hang out in offshore, the magical place where memories are made!

Bring to color: Bringing a fish to visibility in the water during a fight, hence “I see color!”.

Filed under: Guest Writer on January 26th, 2012
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Save money with a high-efficiency variable speed pool pump

By Costa Rica Pools & Construction

There is a lot of talk about saving money on your pool with the new high-efficiency variable speed pool pumps. One manufacture, Jandy says their new VS Flo Pro pump can “reduce energy use up to 90%”. Single speed pumps generally end up using more energy than variable speed pumps so the money conscious tend to choose the latter. A good working pool pump not only can save you money but also can ensure the water you swim in is clean and clear.

Filed under: Costa Rica Pools & Construction, Pool Care Basics on January 26th, 2012
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First things first/Primero lo primero, Second part/Segunda parte

By Os

Hola amigos: Happy New Year! – Feliz Año Nuevo! I hope you had a Feliz Navidad and everything is all right.

Did you have any trouble during your X-mas shopping understanding some numbers-números? Problems with the totals-totales? Still struggling to understand how much the bill-la cuenta is? You can’t even get a telephone number? You can say uno-dos-tres and that’s it?…Let’s fix that…Now-Ahora!

Familia “Sésamo Street”:

1 uno – 2 dos – 3 tres – 4 cuatro – 5 cinco –

6 seis – 7 siete – 8 ocho – 9 nueve

Familia “weirdos”:

0 cero – 10 diez – 20 veinte – 30 treinta –

100 cien – 500 quinientos –

1.000 mil (don’t say “un” mil, just mil)

Filed under: Os, Spanish Sucks on January 22nd, 2012
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Costa Rican Moonshine

Clandestine Still

By Jack Ewing

I haven’t had a drop to drink, of any alcoholic beverage, since May 17, 1977. I quit drinking because I figured that I had already drunk enough to last me a lifetime, and it wasn’t necessary to drink any more. Prior to that date, I was quite an expert on all things relating to alcoholic beverages including Costa Rican moonshine, known locally as guaro contrabando.

Filed under: Jack Ewing, Nature and Local History Stories on January 19th, 2012
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Farewell to a Legacy

By Jim Parisi

When he passed away unexpectedly on August 29, Fidel Gamboa shocked music fans all over the world and left a void that can never really be mended. The founder, songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of the highly popular Costa Rican band Malpais was honored on November 18 at the National Stadium in west San Jose with a concert by the remaining members of his band and guest musicians such as Bernardo Quesada, Adrian Goizueta, Humberto Vargas, Max Goldenberg, Walter Flores, Cantoamerica, Peregrino Gris, the Nicaraguan rock band Perrozompopo, and the Costa Rica Philharmonic Orchestra throughout the night, including an incredible version of “Historia de Nadie” with Maria Pretiz. The real surprise was the appearance of Ruben Blades, a three-time Grammy Award winning Panamanian musician who was loudly received by the sold-out audience in the stadium. The show continued well past the scheduled two and a half hours, with Fidel’s guitar standing upright in its stand onstage, alone, all night.