Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica

Listing # 005889 Member Since: 2004 Modified: May 10

View to kitchen/dining room Pura Vida Costa Rica! Contact this listing Add to my favorites Create my own listing U-Rate it!    E-mail to a friend Print Friendly Additional photos: 4, 5, 6, 7, all Offer:  Home Exchange 4 bedroom tropical mountain farm home Our home is casual and comfortable rather than elegant. Serious cooking and baking go on in our kitchen, so we have a professional 6-burner gas stove and oven, a KitchenAid mixer, marble pastry slab, hardwood chopping block, and an upright freezer. We have bookcases full of recent fiction and non-fiction, including kids' books, a GameCube with a few games, and a PS2. NO TV, but there's a DVD player and DVDs, as well as a video store in the town. Our home is 1-2 hours from the Pacific Ocean beaches, and 1-3 hours from volcanoes, rain and cloud forest, national parks, and the Caribbean. The farm is home to toucans, motmots, oropendolas, sloths, anteaters, parrots, and a large troop of white-faced monkeys. We have lots of laying hens, sometimes a pig fattening, and 2 outdoor cats, Mouse and History. Looking for a European city exchange September 2010. Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica Primary Home Single Family Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Comfortably sleeps: 7 Not to exceed: 8   Car Available Domestic Services Available Fans Microwave Modern Kitchen On-site Parking Outdoor Grill Patio/Yard Terrace/Porch Toddler/Stroller Equipment Use of Second Home Video/DVD Washer Dryer HOME OFFICE Color Printer Computer Available Internet Connection Available Scanner   No Pets Smoke Free Lively typical Latin American town...complete with Internet cafes and equestrian shows. Two hours to Pacific beaches. Ciudad Colon is the home of the U.N. chartered University for Peace, and of the Julia and David White Art Colony. Actvities within an hour's drive Children's Activities Cultural/Tourist Attractions Fine Restaurants Galleries/Museums Hiking Horseback Riding Major Shopping Ocean Parks Public Golf/Tennis Theatres Birding! Nearest Large City: San Jose, Costa Rica Nearest Airport: San Jose (SJO) Type of region: Mountain, Rural, Woods/Forest Public transportation: Yes Eats: Finca Bonanza, Taj Mahal, Bacchus Cup of Joe: We grow our own Freebies: Saturday morning public produce market Night spot: HAH! Must See: Arenal Volcano Click on Saramandaia for more pics

We are Dick, retired college professor and systems analyst, Sharon, a family physician, and 20 year old daughter Maia. We're originally from the Boston, MA. area, and have lived in Brazil and in Cos... MORE > Affiliations College/University Faculty/Staff Gay/Lesbian Medical/Dental Associations Retired/Semi-Retired Seniors Languages English Portuguese Spanish Number of Exchanges: 60 Interests/Hobbies Reading, travel, gardening, progressive politics, home-schooling, and women's health policy. We sneak in the occasional bridge game. Housekeeping Styles Company is coming, better clean! We find that our home and farm appeal to active and flexible exchangers. Costa Rica is still a developing country in the tropics, and we're not in Kansas anymore:)... MORE > Open to offers Open to long stays (one month or more) Spain Sep Home exchange: Yes Hospitality: No Rental: No People Traveling: 3 Germany Sep Home exchange: Yes Hospitality: No Rental: No People Traveling: 3 Portugal Sep Home exchange: Yes Hospitality: No Rental: No People Traveling: 3