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 ...

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...

Only three weeks left till the pre opening party.

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

Great progress today . The carpenters showed up today and one set of windows are in for the office. The materials arrived and about half th...

Today building materials as well as the wood for the deck being delayed sadly keeping todays construction advances minimal. The good news is...

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

Today we spent the day successfully shopping for additional restaurant equipment in the capital San Jose. The kitchen can now count on light...

Before the opening the ficus (our eco friendly construction fence) will be removed and the front will be replanted with other lower foliage ...

All of our stone gaviones are done. Done. Finally. Also we finished the lower deck closest to the ocean including the stairs. Now the terrac...

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In the spirit of using local materials and incorporating the unique aspects of our area we contacted Carolina, a paintor and art historian, ...

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I shouldn't have mentioned the sizzling sun. It rained, no poured, for more then 12 hours non stop yesterday. But our crew did show up, ...

We have been working on the stone walls that borders the terrace of KOKi beach club this week. The river stones has to be placed one by one ...

The tiles are up in the kitchen and the office walls are sanded. Next step is to get the doorframes in place followed by the custom made doo...

The shadow play from the trees and beams onto the structure is amazing in the early morning sun. We ceremoniously witnessed the first tile b...

So now the floors are poured, the plaster is up, drainage almost done, the brake boxes and electric installed, the tiles are up in the bathr...

Costa Rica - Puerto Viejo

Finally the roof is up and the walls are smooth just in time to receive a car filled with city building inspectors armed with notepads and t...

The sequence of pictures below help us envision the project as it all comes to life. Starting with a photo taken from the actual entry area ...

the roof is sailing along the beams are up and two of the roofing sheets have been placed.  the building really looks quite dramatic along t...

seems our local resident is back just moved trees!  we thought she had left... but being a sloth and only being able to move in slow motion ...

Electric is connected, water is connected and internet & phone is coming this or next week. Progress is unstoppable. In keeping with our...

Finally after more then three years we are finally putting the shovel to the ground on our commercial lot in town. The location is perfect a...

the office ready to be topped off this week!

Costa Rica's lesser-known Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo