Potholes to Paradise: Living in Costa Rica - What You Need to Know

Book by Borner, Tessa

Martin and Tessa are a couple enjoying "non-retirement" in Costa Rica and experiencing a total change in lifestyle! Martin, originally from Germany, is an international commercial, industrial and investment real estate broker. Tessa is originally from England, and is a journalist and teacher of English as a Second or Foreign language. They lived in Canada for many years, where two of their children and seven of their grandchildren still live.

Their eldest daughter recently remarried and moved to New Zealand with her four children. Jason, 31, the youngest of their five children, settled in Costa Rica and created "Ecotreks Adventure Company". He specializes in sailing charters aboard his 36-foot Columbia for individuals and groups. He also sponsors mountain biking races, and has spearheaded beach clean-ups and other ecological projects. After living at Flamingo Beach for six years, he has relocated to the OSA Peninsula where he continues to do sailing charters, research whales and dolphins and has started a turtle hatchery to protect them from poaching and to help in the survival of this endangered species.

We officially opened our Bed and Breakfast, "Posada Mimosa," in December 1996 and since then have received a steady flow of guests. We have been described as one of the best B&B's in the Central Valley