Kitchen entrance

ramp to dining area installed

all in a days work

A four hour power outage and a drizzle of rain put us back some but a glorious afternoon helped us catch up. The dining area ceiling sheets is now painted a lovely "Cloudless Sky" blue, kitchen ceiling is painted white, the deck is oiled and the beginnings of the walkway to kitchen and bathrooms is taking form.

onwards & upwards

The ceiling beams are raised above the dining deck and are ready for the roof to be put on. Door and window hardware are in and the water is connected to the bar area. The weather is gorgeous as we are entering the best two months of the whole year and tourism is holding up pretty good in these economic times. American Airlines just announced it will add a fourth flight from its Miami hub to Costa Rica come Feb 11. Demand is up

crunch time

Only three weeks left till the pre opening party.

Kitchen

Today I felt like a kid at Christmas opening a heavily package shipment containing our new stove, grill, freezer, refrigerator, plates and glasses.

Windows installed

support beams for dining area

dining area

Tuesday

Great progress today . The carpenters showed up today and one set of windows are in for the office. The materials arrived and about half the beams for the dining area roof are up already.

monday

Today building materials as well as the wood for the deck being delayed sadly keeping todays construction advances minimal. The good news is that tomorrow it should all arrive and we can pull full force ahead with a full work crew on hand.

north view

A taste of Costa Ricas Caribbean coast

http://www.examiner.com/x-17315-Tampa-World-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d1-A-taste-of-Costa-Ricas-Caribbean-coast

decking

All efforts are now on building the outdoors decking for the bar, lounge and dining area.

San Jose

Today we spent the day successfully shopping for additional restaurant equipment in the capital San Jose. The kitchen can now count on lighting, a refrigerator, a freezer, exhaust for the stove and a couple of prep tables. I am almost ready to start cooking

beachfront

Before the opening the ficus (our eco friendly construction fence) will be removed and the front will be replanted with other lower foliage to preserve the beach view and to the right the wooden entrance structure with the irongate will be located. (below)