Category Archives: Karen’s Island

At this point can any family members stop reading. The way cabs work her is that you hail a rickety tin can held together with tape. There maybe other people in it. If there’s not, there probably soon will be. … Continue reading →

finds me updating this whilst watching the Liverpool Man U game. The last couple of days have had me  pretty much stuck to the computer – keeeping in touch with the UK, purchasing (how am I going to get 36 … Continue reading →

Friday night and Andrea says – wouldn’t it be a good idea for me to go to Costa Rica and see what they had to offer in the way of kitchen /dining purchases. So, I go home after dinner and … Continue reading →

After the initial excitement, the next couple of days are spent shopping, cooking, catching up with friends, and generally settling in. So much for the rainy season – it’s hot and sunny – great news for the construction- not so … Continue reading →

I’m up before 6am every day in order to login and catch up on what’s happening in the UK – busy busy – it’s peak season back there with all the headaches that come with the (welcome) influx of work … Continue reading →

The last month or so has flown by in a mixture of super busy at Key Production (which can only be a good thing in this day and age), a super busy social life (a bad thing at my age!) and … Continue reading →

My final couple of days and I was back and forwards to the island – firstly with a journalist, during whose visit I amanged to fall down my own construction whilst not concentrating, leaving me with a spectacularly bruised leg, … Continue reading →

Cayuga arrived with a full programme for me and them. How we managed to fit  so much work in  less than 3 days amazes me and left me exhausted. I had the whole team over to discuss budgets, logistics, perform … Continue reading →

So, it was with excitement and trepidation that i visited the island after about a 6 week break. I had been told that there would be 2 cabins up for me – not fully formed but all the same I … Continue reading →

Last time I was here, I was really somewhat lazy about reporting on some great advances that we made. The contract for using Dona Maria’s land for back of house was agreed in essence, I met Carlos Augusto Bricena who … Continue reading →