Here are a few pictures of John the fix-it man. Our furniture, which we purchased in San Jose, arrived safely and just a few hours after we did. The power for the stove was not in place so that presented a challenge but other than that it went fairly smoothly. John put in our dryer vent as well as organized conversations with the electrician about the stove. In fact, the temporary fix for the stove is still in place and I'm not sure if it will ever be corrected as it should be.
Meanwhile, my neighbours were kind enough to give me the ant killer potion as my counter tops were running wild with ants as were our floors. We have learned not to kill the "cleaner ants"; only the small ones. In fact, we're most grateful for when the cleaner ants arrive to "clean up" all the other unwanted insects. Speaking of insects, there are many. This is not the place to live if you are frightened by spiders, mud wasps, ants, crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, etc. etc. etc. Generally, they are more of a nuisance however my leg is just recovering from a series of spider bites that were both painful and itchy. Not knowing what they were, I stopped into the pharmacy and the pharmacist diagnosed them as spider bites and gave me the topical cream which eased them considerably. I now check my bed each night!
On a happier note, we love the howler monkey's and the parakeets although they do make quite a racket! It's quite noisy in the tropics (daytime) but the nighttime is very peaceful and way up here on the ridge it's fantastic as there are no dogs barking or roosters crowing; a blessing indeed.
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