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Atardecer en Playa Potrero, Ganacaste, Costa Rica

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HYPERLOCAL | Éxito! What started at the end of May 2024 is now a passable bridge over Quebrada Guape, and more importantly securely connecting our neighbors of the Sector de Cuatro Calles to "mainland Potrero" during the rainy season.

(Please keep in mind Rio Cacao at the northern side of Calle Guapes, does continue to be a risk to cross during rainy season. Water levels and the speed of the river have previously swept away the walking bridge and multiple cars.)

Bridge, no bridge...let’s remember to keep an eye on our neighbors: rides to the super, check-in calls, more/louder voices, however you can. Potrero's residents reside in a greater area than many realize: including Cuatro Calles, Las Catalinas, Pacific Heights, Lourdes, Rincón Largo, Pueblo Nuevo, and Surfside. 🫶

And PLEASE SLOW DOWN. New bridges and smoother roads are great for our cars, but there isn't much berth for pedestrian traffic, if any! Many of our neighbors do not have the fortune of a vehicle and commute via foot or bicycle. Let's make sure everyone gets home safely to their family, including that iguana and opossum.

{📸 28 Feb 2025 & 1 July 2024}

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AL CHILE | Anoche nos trajo una hermosa puesta de sol sobre nuestra bahía de Potrero. Parece el primero en mucho tiempo, obvio. Pero a medida que avanzamos a través de nuestras tormentas, y los largos días de recuperación, es un regalo bienvenido.

📸 Erin Monett, Dom 17 Nov 2024

📍Playa Potrero

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CLAMBAKES & COW-TIPPING

💹 Free Bitcoin Intro Course 🗓️ Martes, 24 SEP, 5:30pm 📍PBC (Potrero Brewing Co), Surfside

Did you know there is currently an operating Bitcoin ATM in Sharkys Tamarindo and we are getting one soon, in town, at the Potrero Brewing Co? Don't know the first thing about it? Or maybe you do, but wanna learn more. Do you want to open up a new income stream at your local business?

There is a FREE intro crash course tomorrow at the PBC. (Yes, it's closed on Tuesdays, so less distractions.)

Learn the ABCs and connect with those that have deeper knowledge on the topic—including beyond finance: - why Bitcoin - how to use it (and the ATMs) - safe keeping of Bitcoin

Event Listing on Upe: https://u.pe/events/bitcoin-meetup-potrero-brewing-bring-your-own-refreshements-or-food/

Clases en español prontisimooooo

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HYPERLOCAL | News from ADI Potrero regarding the construction of the bridge over Quebrada Guape. (English at bottom)

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¡Buenas, queridos vecinos!

(Jueves el 20 de agosto) en nuestra reunión con la Municipalidad nos confirmaron lo que ya nos imaginábamos: las obras de construcción del puente en quebrada guape serán suspendidas por falta de presupuesto.

Ahora, no es que no haya dinero, es que esto ellos lo coordinan con partidas (periodos) y la próxima entrega de esta partida será hasta diciembre.

De modo que estaremos a la espera de que la Municipalidad gire dinero hacia este proyecto. Se estima que para diciembre del presente año se reanuden los trabajos.

También les hemos expresado nuestro descontento con los árboles en la quebrada y ellos estarán coordinando muy prontamente la limpieza de esta.

Les comunicamos que en los árboles que falta por cortar hay un enjambre muy grande de abejas, la Municipalidad está organizando muy bien la corta de estos árboles debido a la cantidad de abejas que se encuentra en él, hacemos un llamado a todas las personas que viven cerca de estar atentos a este medio, pues por acá comunicaremos el momento en el que sería realizado, para que esta zona no sea transitada por personas y no poner a nadie en peligro.

También nos informaron que prontamente continuarán con los arreglos de las calles. Han hecho una parte, Tempate y Surfside.

Les recordamos que si usted gusta comunicar cualquier tipo de información, valiosa para la comunidad, pueden escribirnos [email protected]

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EN Translation

Hello dear neighbors!

(Tues, Aug 20) in our meeting with the Municipality they confirmed us what we already imagined: the construction works of the bridge at Quebrada Guape will be suspended due to lack of budget.

It is not that there is no money, it was a failure of coordination, in which it is expected to have the available resources in December.

So we will be waiting for the Municipality to transfer money to this project, and it is estimated that by December of this year the work will be resumed.

We have also expressed our dissatisfaction with the downed trees in the creek, and they will be coordinating the cleaning of the creek very soon.

We informed them that there is a very large swarm of bees in the trees that still need to be cut, so the Municipality is organizing the cutting of these trees cautiously due to the amount of bees that are in it. Please keep an eye out for our future announcement when this will be coordinated, so the people can stay clear of the area for their safety and not to put anyone in danger.

We were also informed that they will soon continue with our street repairs. They have done a part, Tempate and Surfside.

We remind you that if you like to communicate any kind of information, valuable for the community, you can write us [email protected]

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HYPERLOCAL | Potrero’s newest bridge is underway, and has been since the end of May. Currently there is no ability to cross via a car or truck. And with progress slow, it does not look like a road crossing will happen any time soon.

The new bridge located over Quebrada Guape — the southern water crossing of Calle Guapas, which many make reference to “del tanque” — has been reported by residents to have many days where construction is at a stand still. Neighbors of the Sector Cuatro Calles report the contractor currently on the job has been seen splitting time with the same workers and equipment at another bridge construction site in Cartegena.

It is causing major disruptions and difficulties for the residents to get to and from their homes. While there is a pedestrian bridge accessible by foot, bikes, and motos, the safety conditions of the walking bridge have been compromised with the current construction work. Anticipated rains and water levels of the quebrada further raise concerns for this limited crossing.

Additionally, as we move further into the rainy season, Rio Cacao at the northern side of Calle Guapes, continues to be, at best a risk to cross. Water levels and the speed of the river have previously swept a walking bridge and cars away.

*** Why is this important? Accessibility! ***

The Brasilito bridge took 6 months to construct. It was a painful experience for all of us (of which some still have PTSD over). Looking at the submitted plans for the new bridge warrants the hope for a similarly torturous timeline. But with a contractor, workers and equipment often MIA, it raises concern.

Keep in mind Sector Cuatro Calles has no detour road and a small population of locals...whose voices are often not heard. Not only is it already a treacherous journey to get home, the thought of an emergency is frightening.

Please, let’s remember to keep an eye on our neighbors: rides to the super, check-in calls, more/louder voices, however you can.

🫶 Potrero Post

{29 Julio 2024}

#hyperlocalpotrero #communitylove

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COMUNIDAD

Personajes de Potrero: KOKI

📸 📮 Potrero Costa Rica, su gente y sus alrededores

Llego uno de los "famosos" del pueblo! Siempre es un placer verte por estas partes Koki

One of the "celebrities" of the town has arrived! It's always a pleasure to see you around these parts Koki. {23 mar 2024}

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A Potrero Chapter.

Written by Justin McCarter, Costa Rica Sailing Center

Some of you knew Captain Jack. He was here in Potrero for over 20 years and he gave one of the more colorful sailing tours in the country. His tour wasn't for everyone. You had to expect there was going to be a lecture about legalizing marijuana in Canada. And he was going to tell you how Justin Trudeau was (expletives removed) up the country of his birth. 

Jack went by many names over the course of his life. He was born Izaac Warmenhoven, but decided to change that to “Jack” in grade school. As a cussing, drinking, fighting, hard working Canadian construction foreman in his 20's he was known as “The Prince of Darkness” (or so his close friend Paul tells me). I imagine he didn't get that name because he was a kind and forgiving boss. Around town he was “Hairy Back Jack”. That hair was impressive. Also “Silver Back Jack”. But mostly, simply “Cap'n Jack”.  

For us at the Sailing Center he helped us so much in the early days. He made the original platform that has floated out front of the Sailing Center pretty much since we started. He guided us in making our first moorings, showed us how big to make them and what rebar to use. He taught us to make strong splices in heavy mooring lines so they wouldn't come undone in big seas. He was a real sailor, and the community, especially the sailing community, is less with his passing. 

One of my favorite stories about Jack was told to me by some clients of his (also Sailing Center members). He was taking them out to Surfari, his old 40 ft Morgan sailing sloop for a sunset tour. As they motored away from the beach in his 12 ft dinghy, a jet ski tour came zooming through the anchorage. Jack shouted "Hey (bleep) you! Get those (bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep) things out of here!" and then gave him the one-finger salute. 

Well the jet ski guide didn't take kindly to the advice. He swerved around and shouted "Hey (bleep) you! Nobody curses me!" and he gunned his jet ski toward Jack and his clients, steering to try to tag Jack with his fist. Jack (age 70 at the time) angled his boat into the attack with a song of destruction in his heart and swung out with his long arm, almost making contact with the young hotshot and nearly capsizing his boat at the same time. Jack's clients huddled together, quietly clutching each other in the middle of the boat.

Jack and the tour guide kept shouting at each other, giving each other the finger and shaking their fists. Then at about the same time, they seemed to remember they had clients and needed to get back to work. 

Jack swung the dinghy back toward Surfari and said "Sorry about that. Anyway. watch your fingers when we come up alongside the boat..."

And then just a couple minutes later.  "I'm not sure what you think about legalizing marijuana, but I gotta tell you, to me it seems like a no-brainer"

We buried him in the cemetery in Potrero up on the hill where there is a nice breeze and a view toward the ocean. It's tough to think about him being gone. We all expected he would outlive every single one of us. He was someone we could all turn to with a big job or when we needed sailing knowledge.

Jack was like a storm on the sea - quick to anger and just as quick to calm. He was the only Canadian pirate I think I'll ever meet, and I know from now on everyone who learns to sail from me is also learning from Cap'n Jack. 

If you'd like to see my rambling interview with Jack on my podcast, click here. 

Merry Christmas everyone. Remember, it's a wonderful life.

Published with permission. Original Source