Archive for December 18th, 2005

Handle With Care!

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

One of the warnings I would like to repeat from many sources. Handle everything with care! The crew found a snake in the bathroom, and I found two scorpions under an old bag of cement. The house had been unoccupied for a long time and human activity will keep many of these things away. But […]

Nature Air Plane Crashes on Tamarindo Flight

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

In a Christmas miracle, no passengers or crew were killed when a Nature Air plane crashed into the forest near Tamarindo.  At 11:00 am the plane took off from the Tobias Bolaños airport in San Jose and crashed upon arrival in Tamarindo at 11:50am.  The pilot Rocio Vargas, suffered the worst injuries and is under […]

Warriors of the South down Alajuela

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

In a surprise upset on Saturday, the "Guerreros del Sur" of Perez Zeledon left Alajuela out of the final which will determine the champion of the opening phase.  PZ won the first match at home 1-0, but most locals expected La Liga to easily win by a two goal margin at home on Saturday.  But […]

Saprissa Places 3rd

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Saprissa closed the World Club Championship on a high note, beating Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 3-2.  In the championship match Liverpool lost a match they dominated to Sao Paolo of Brazil. 
Saprissa scorer Alvaro Saborio finally got a goal at the 13 minute mark on a precision pass from tourney revelation Cristian Bolaños.  This […]