All about sharing and community
Uvita Costa Rica is a quiet, "tranquilo", kind of place that has lots of energy, almost a vibration. There are large numbers of foreigners moving into Uvita at present. This is due to the sheer desirability of the area. Having an online resource where we can all input our experiences and tips with a view to sharing with others, is what this site is all about. Visitors to this site can virtually visit Uvita, perhaps vicariously enjoying its waterfalls, jungles and beaches. Or perhaps the info found in these pages will assist in making plans to visit.
How to participate.
Register, its free. Then you will see links that you don't see before registering. These will allow you to post new articles to the site, as well as respond to and add content to existing articles. The forums would be a good place to get started. There you can post questions or comments and respond to other threads as well.
Enjoy!!!
South Pacific Women's Club
By Rosemary MacGregor
www.themangotreespa.com
info@themangotreespa.com
Our International women's club started out as a luncheon date between Rosemary MacGregor (The Mango Tree SPA from Tres Rios) and Jacquie Gendron (Group organizer from Ojochal). Jackie is a walker and I saw her walking around Ojochal every day. I stopped to talk to her one day after meeting her at the Ojochal garage sale months before. She seemed like a very interesting woman and I wanted to get to know her. I invited her to lunch at The Lookout hotel a couple of weeks in the future. I was looking forward to this meeting and went to the Lookout on the appointed day. The tables were all set and women were showing up. Jackie had decided with her past cruise organizing experience with groups to walk to every home she could and invite all the women around the Ojochal area so we could all get to know each other. I remember there were 45 women that day and we all shared who we were. It was pretty amazing how much talent literally came out the woodwork.
We have continued to meet and gradually expanded from Palmar Norte to San Isidro as there is much interest and enthusiasm. We have just passed our first year anniversary. At our luncheon meetings we translate in three languages due to the gracious help of Anja Geesink from the Mono Feliz and of late, Francine Ocampo who works part-time translating and helps Sonja Leon at the Uvita Information Center. Anna Hill came on board mid way and decided graciously to build us a website. She has done a fantastic job and has really helped to organize the group.
At present we are developing interest groups such as gardening, archeology, plant medicine, belly dancing, wine tasting, etc. The next activity will be the archeology interest group who will be meeting on Nov. 28 to visit Sierpe and discover information about the round stone balls found only in this south zone.
Our next gathering will be at Dos Gringo's, 11:30 to 2:00 November 17. Lunch will be $5.00 and we will have a speaker talking about "women's issues" in Costa Rica. There will also be an Arts and Crafts Sale and who knows how big and popular this will be over the next few years.
A planning session for ideas will be held at Mono Feliz on Nov. 19 at 10:00. Anyone with ideas and offerings is welcome to come.
The club's webpage www.freewebs.com/ojochaliwc