I spend a lot of time thinking about how different living in Nosara is from living in St. Aug. And what it all pretty much boils down to, is that in Nosara, you take away a lot of the distractions, the traffic, the TV, the fast food, the instant gratifications, the cell phones and blackberrys... things that if someone were to say, "Erik, here is a free blackberry, now you can stay connected all the time," I would take it happily, and be excited. But what seems to happen when you strip away all of the "luxuries" is that you start lower that need of constant stimulous. I don't need to talk to my friends 14 times a day. I don't need to watch TV to not be bored. It is not going to make or break my business if someone has to wait 20 minutes for me to get into the office before I can attend to a problem. Time with family becomes time with family, not time on the cell phone. It makes me very excited to be about to start a family.


Starting a family also makes me want to have roots, and a nice piece of property in Guiones. And working at a real estate company here is one step above a surfer working at a surf shop, or a gear-head working at a custom chopper shop. I see these beautiful pieces of property come by on a daily basis, and then I see excited couples and investors buying them. I just wish I could buy them all.

Yesterday, I took some time to review the L Section of Guiones, getting ready for the season. I just want to make sure that I still know everything that is available, and so on. I think L may be the nicest section in 10 years. EE and K, today are by far the nicest. I don't personally like Pelada, and J is OK, but close to the hotels and restaurants. The thing about L is that it is still undeveloped. And now that the property values have risen, and folks are building nice houses instead of cabinas, L will grow with a different kind of buyer. To have been in on the ground floor in K or EE, you were either a visionary or an ex-pat running away from something. Now, its well-to-do surfers, retirees, just common folk living and moving to Nosara. Time to sell the house back home, L section here we come.

E.