General Photos to give You a Sense of Costa Rica
The photos in the design header of this site are not of this particular farm, but rather of a general tropical area such as where this farm is located. I hope they will give you the feeling that comes with being in this area. The other photos were taken by myself or Jen Smith, and are actual photos of each of the areas described.

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This is the skyline of volcanoes you see flying over Nicaragua There are many volcanoes in this area of the world. It is a place where tectonic plates meet. This makes it a very fertile place, but also one prone to earthquakes. It is possible to make structures that can withstand most earthquakes, and Costa Rica has a long tradition of building codes to help insure sound structures.

This is a fairly sturdy-looking bridge for Costa Rica Bridges do get washed out and damaged due to the great amount of rains, and earthquakes. However, the local people seem to often take matters into their own hands and quickly repair them.

Steams and rivers are not owned, but shared. We have 6 streams on our property and hope to grow live tilapia, a delicious fresh fish. This photo is of a steam on the farm up north where I own title to 1300 hardwood trees for reforestation and perpetual forest.

Teak is one of the many valuable hardwoods that are diminishing rapidly globally However, they will grow 6 feet per year in a fertile tropical environment, making hardwood trees one of the best commodity investments you can think of.

One of our advisors, Amy Morgan, on horseback Many folks get around their farms by horseback, which is just fine with me! On this farm, my friend Amy is looking over the trees she and her husband Fred have available for sale. Ii you want to make a retirement investment. Contact me (Kathleen) for more info on just buying the trees. The land itself will eventually become a perpetual forest.

There are many colorful roadside "sodas" or open air restaurants Eating well is no problem in Costa Rica. The traditional rice dish pico de gallo is particularly delicious!