Love the rainy season and your videos Ed

I would bet its from a toucan.

I actually prefer the rainy season. The sun isn’t as intense; prices are better; it isn’t as crowded and there are fewer tourist. I enjoyed outdoor activities until about midday and then enjoy relaxing sleep with the overnight rains. I was there for a week in June, and it only rained consistently during the day one afternoon. We were able to enjoy an Uvita Adventure Day, bike ride, Uvita shopping and Farmer’s Market Visit!!

Hola Señor Ed. You’re absolutely right about the so called “rainy season”. It doesn’t rain all day as some weather app will show you. 🙄 The first year in Uvita in 2022 the rain totals were higher than the 10 year average. Last year (2023) they were significantly lower to the point of causing issues with the Hydro Generating Plants and water shortages especially in the Guanacaste region. This year (2024) seems quite normal, and there are days in a row that it doesn’t rain at all. Most mornings are sunny and warm and the evenings are much cooler (18-20’c) than say in Dec-April, which I like. I also collect rain water for some of my house plants this time of year, it’s much better for them. I’ve notice the birds are much more plump around this time of year with all the fruits and nuts they’re able to access. As for the bird feather, my guess is it’s from a Vulture. 🦃

Rainy season has it's pros and cons. For a wildlife enthusiast like me, a nice rainfall awakens all the frogs, beetles, birds etc. But driving from A to B can be a tricky thing. I think, the best time are the "transition seasons". And it's quite amazing, that the Caribbean Coast has it's own kind of weather. You can be pretty sure to receive a downpour every night. About the feather, we are not sure here: could be that of a toucan or a parrot?

Life isn’t the same as a vacation..... Life is experiences all of them aren’t pleasant or extreme . But as always, our perspective is always the secret sauce . Gabriel, maybe needs to shake the sauce and pour more on. Also, I thought folks went to CR for less expensive dental work. And in closing a question for you , where in the US did you move from? Asking to see if I need to adjust my perspective.

yes, get up with the sunrise and start your day-evenings for relaxing and reflecting...pura vida

looks like an under feather from a crow

Good morning Ed PURA VIDA AMIGO, Another Morning Breakfast Coffee Video 👍. HEY I'm WORRY 😦😮😯😲, WHERE IS YOUR LIGA ❤️ T-SHIRT 😮, 😮, Please Liga Fans Need to know

I've never been in Costa Rica in the rainy season. I only know from a friend in Tamarindo that there is just nothing going on. This Jan-Feb it was raining hard in Uvita as well and my clothes sometimes never dried... looking forward to experiencing the rainy season soon!

Rainy season is my favorite season 🤗

Love the drone footage - beautiful!

Enjoyed your videos. I’ve watched 2 of them so far.

Thank you for sharing what it is REALLY like to live in Costa Rica !! A special THANK YOU for another great Uvita Adventure Day! Love the bike ride and have been showing everyone pictures of the iridescent trees! We never would have found those trees on our own! One last thing - I’ve been to Uvita during the dry and green season. I think I actually prefer the green season!

great channel, thanks for sharing. What is wrong with Google maps in Costa rica? Why is that not used? They are clearly superior, do they not work well in costa rica?

I really like this video. You have a very simple way of reflecting! Thank you!

If visiting is it better to have us cash or exchanging for colonies

Ed, thank you for your video. You are correct about Uvita. I am the friend of Sheila, and I loved Uvita. Yes, it’s the rainy season,but it rains just late evening and sometimes early morning. It is not a constant rain. I throughly enjoyed my time in Uvita. I plan to return later this year and possibly move there. My only challenge is, I need to learn Spanish. I believe that it is respectful to learn and immerse in the culture for which you are visiting and possibly living. Ed, keep doing what you’re doing, I enjoy your videos. Hausta luego!

Uvita is a great place!

We love your videos. We appreciate that you don't make everything seem like roses when you move there! We are still ~5 years from moving, but we're heading out next week to buy our land. One step at a time! 🙂

You are very authentic & l like your sense of humor about the commentors who didn't really LISTEN to your video in its entirety. I think your Welcome bags are a great idea and look lovely. We have visited CR several times& ; had a hard time finding those mugs, we like to give them to friends when we return to Canada.

Very thoughtful video thank you. “We are all equal but we are not the same”. ( from a very clever human) Big difference.

Living in a country is reality. Vacationing in a country is fantasy. If you mix them up, you run into trouble.

Ed, we enjoy your videos and they’ve been very helpful. We’ll be back in Uvita for a few weeks next winter and would be happy to connect

Ed, you are living the Pura Vida Life!

Thanks! I find that “Wherever I go there I am”. Living on our small farm up above El Carmen de Biolley is challenging but I wouldn’t trade it for the world!

Hey Costa Rica Story,,, someone let me know you gave me a little 'shout out' so I had to see what's up.... Anyway, we should do a couple videos at some point, I think they would be beneficial. Anyway, keep up the good work. So true, KZfaq has really narrowed their algorithms.

Just be you, there are so many fake people online. I've seen and read a lot of nonsense about living here in CR, it's not all sunshine and pineapples for sure.

Hola Señor Ed. Well after knowing you personally for over 2 years now I can attest that what you see is what you get. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen you laugh a lot at various times, and you can produce some good off the cuff humour. These viewers who watch, and listen selectively to find fault in who you are and what you said, it’s part of their own cynical personality and insecurities, and simple jealousy. Pura Vida. 🤙

Wow! Imagine what their reading comprehension skills are!

Hahaha so spot on, living here is not like being on vacation. It's always beautiful and relaxing on certain way, but you know...when you live here you have day-a-day things to do and cannot always be just watching nice things

I think everybody has a different personality , not all are same, also in life there are different stages, today we are in one next in other, nothing remain the same Good thing is that they see the videos,

Hi Ed, this is a down to earth video. Keep this positive approach. jacques

It's clear those individuals who posted critical comments did not watch your entire video. Even if they did, they wanted to be contrarians. Another great video, Ed. Thanks.

Thank you for showing your real life there. I know there are ups and downs to being in a country that was not initially your home. I'm glad you have made it your home and you are doing your own part to help keep the country as wild and beautiful as it always was. I will be coming down in January and hopefully can see you in Uvita if you have availability. Thank you for everything you do.

Hey Ed, PURA VIDA AMIGO, HEY MISS YOU WITH YOUR LIGA ❤️ T,SHIRT ON 👍, please never put that ugly saprissa on, thank you

I'm moving to Dominicalito in August! I live in the dry desert of Las Vegas, NV. I can't wait to experience the green season! Going tropical

Ed if everyone could see you in the pizza palor !😃Pura Vida !

Hey amigo! I love your content. Don’t pay attention to trolls. You won’t make everyone happy. Keep the good vibes and don’t waste your precious time on those peeps.

I’m happy here just because I don’t have to worry about getting into traffic jams. KZfaq is hit and miss with content. My most viewed videos are about Jaco nightlife.

My wife and I love your sobering content. So glad we discovered you a weekend ago!

good thoughts...ed you are a very calm person perhaps the viewer sees it as unhappy...guess you have to jump up and down once in a while...lol...

Well said. Don't worry about the complainers. I've been here for six months on this trip and I've been coming here for 15 years.

Hey Ed, PURA VIDA BROTHER, hey if someone says negative about you hey think about it MAÑANA 😅, don't let it ruen you're day

I'm a Tico by birth, now live in the Appalachia Highlands of Murphy N.C., I consider myself 110% Gringo, you my friend are 110% Tico, Thank you sir, keep the videos coming.

Another update video, great! As you said, life is not always a slice of paradise, but personally I never had the feeling, that you are feeling sad. But nevertheless this is also a part of all that. Yes, Michael Alan gives quite a good overview about what life is all about in CR. I wish you all the best and lots of success with your "small business"! Great idea with the bags full of nice welcome gifts!

I think you are just really honest! I've had a canadian friend who tried hard to make a living here but ended up killing himself. And from him I know of a few others who just thought yay costa rica is gonna bee so fun and then struggle with the mentality. You can't expect to move to some strange country and live your old life. You have to adapt to the culture and how life is going there. You need to be open to new cultures! Some people are not, unfortunately!

Love your videos...where was the video of you surfing?? 😂

My siblings and I are visiting this week. Thank you for bringing this problem to our eyes in a gentle way. We definitely need to understand that our presence as tourists isn't always beneficial to locals.

This subject is something I consider daily. I've been based here for many many years now. I really fell in love with the country and felt good to be here. Much has changed over the years including my own awareness of issues here. Wealth imbalance effects the whole planet but particularly here due to the extremely low wages and lack of increase in minimum wage. The reality being I don't think many places on earth you can support yourself well on minimum wage. This has issue has really grown over the last few years, covid changed so much globally and in Costa Rica many people came causing rental shortages and huge rise in rents. Many of my costarican friends felt they could no longer find an affordable home where they live or even where they grew up. I actually felt similar and during the peak I had to move many times due to it. I will say global cost of living has sky rocketed. In the UK utilities quadrupled in two years. Similar story with food and mortgages etc, many of my friends are struggling to survive there. It's a global issue that is definitely multiplied here due to so many foriegn people moving here and buying land. But it is not exclusive to Costa Rica. The larger costs here include cars etc which is due to almost 100% of the value being added with tax and cost of upkeep on jungle roads. I am in a confusing situation as I finally came to a position of being able to build here and now I have I'm not sure it was the right move. I see the impact of so much development and how it's effecting costa ricans. In fact I feel to sell and perhaps even leave the country. But in doing so I add to the gentrification issue, buying land building then selling it is really a big part of the problem. So what to do. Stay feeling unsure to be here or sell and be part of that issue. I've lived many places here over the years including places with few foriegn people. Now I miss speaking Spanish daily and being part of it all. I see the impact of what is happening but like you I don't see a simple solution.