by josh | Sep 21, 2015 | Around Montezuma, Uncategorized
There is a brand new bus terminal, or terminal nuevo that offers a direct bus service from San Jose to Montezuma twice daily! The new terminal is called the 7-10 terminal, terminal siete diez. This is a quite modern 3+ story mall, which has lots of...
by josh | Nov 21, 2014 | Around Montezuma, Costa Rican Animals, Life in Costa Rica
The new turtle refuge is really taking off, and doing a great job. Please come by and leave a donation to support them! [fb_embed_post href=”https://www.facebook.com/mariposario.montezumagardens/posts/861925260505014?pnref=story/”...
by Pauline Hammer | Aug 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is the last blog post I’ll be writing on site here in Montezuma for the next few months. Josh & I are flying back up to my home state of Montana in a week to take some time off and finish putting together all the details for our September 28 wedding!...
by Pauline Hammer | Aug 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
A lot of the pictures I take here at the Mariposario don’t make it onto the blog but do get posted on our facebook. For those who check both I try not to double up on pictures and info too much but today’s series of facebook posts seemed too good...
by Pauline Hammer | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I said in my last post, living here I have managed to amass over 6,00o pictures in my butterfly picture file alone. Of course, I reached a critical mass somewhere in there and realized I was going to have to break those pictures down into some smaller files. I knew...
by Pauline Hammer | Jul 25, 2014 | Costa Rican Insects, Mariposario Butterfly Garden
Confession – I don’t consider myself a science person. I am wildly enamored with the wildlife here and I’m known at the bed & breakfast for getting really excited about every new little creature we find. But I don’t read science...
by Pauline Hammer | Jul 18, 2014 | Costa Rican Insects, Mariposario Butterfly Garden
Lots happening in the caterpillar lab the last couple weeks! Found a bunch of these beautiful black & white caterpillars on a Cecropia tree right off of our balcony. We rescued all of them (as they would have almost surely become wren food...
by Pauline Hammer | Jul 13, 2014 | Costa Rica culture, Life in Costa Rica, Mariposario Butterfly Garden
Ok, that’s it. I need to do more frequent blog posts. Initially my goal was to post one a week. The problem is by the time the week is over I’m overwhelmed by all the possible things I could write about and I put off writing anything! So this week...
by josh | Jul 11, 2014 | Delicous Food!, Life in Costa Rica
[fb_embed_post href=”https://www.facebook.com/mariposario.montezumagardens/posts/790051814359026/” width=”550″/] The journey of working with an organic vegetable garden surrounded by jungle has been interesting, to say the least, but...
by Pauline Hammer | Jun 28, 2014 | Costa Rican Animals, Costa Rican Insects, Life in Costa Rica, Mariposario Butterfly Garden
Oh wow has it been a full couple weeks! Here’s a few of the things happening these days! The butterfly lab is getting overhauled! Walls are getting knocked down, cement’s getting mixed on the floor, cinder blocks laid… while I stand in...