So today I sent back the blue prints the architects sent me a few days ago with a couple of changes. I have to admit that they did an awesome work putting together everything I have thought of in paper, yet after looking at it I realized a few things needed to be a bit different to work better. Building a housing project in Guanacaste is definitely an interesting experience.

 

A few years ago Guanacaste was a normal rural area in Costa Rica, beach related town with country people, hard land workers mostly, yet after the tourism business grew in the area and more and people started investing in small vacations villas and huge luxury hotels, Costa Rica grew its economy with it. Liberia then had an international airport and the amount of visitors increased relentlessly.

 

The good thing is that since the beginning, real estate developers in Costa Rica were clear on the ecological preservation issue and have been trying to keep the place clean and the national reservations of Guanacaste untouched. The province has sure grown into a main city, but the beauty of the place is still the main attraction. My housing project in Guanacaste is part of that now and I want it to be an addition to the pristine scenery of the area, not ruin it.

 

I like the place I live in, Guanacaste has brought peace into my life and a new way seeing retirement, I feel part of the nature, the people and the traditions and those are important things in life, I want to offer that other people relocating to Guanacaste and not mess with it, therefore the changes I sent to the architects were definitely necessary, I truly hope they understand the reasons I have to make them.