Hair Cuts

Brian and I have just enjoyed another Costa Rican perk, two professional hair cuts at our house for less than the cost of one haircut in the states. For Brian's hair cut it was $10, and for me, $14.

Brian has recently made friends with the owner operator (Heather) of the Sea Bird, a sail boat charter here in Guanacaste. It turns out that she is from Encinitas, CA and is now living in Playa Coco.  She has a sister, Angela, also living in Coco, that just happens to be a trained hairstylist from the Vidal Sassoon school.  Here is a link to their Facebook page.

So, Brian, as adventurous as he is, decided to book appointments for both of us to get our hair done this morning. And sure enough Angela arrived on time with her supplies and proceeded to cut our hair.  She did a great job! We had a nice time visiting with her as she worked. It is always interesting to hear how people have come to live here in Costa Rica.

The typical emigration stories involve professional gambling, retirement, or both. We have heard all kinds. It is relatively common to meet, or see the middle-aged American men with their very young Tica "wives".  But, every once in a while we hear stories similar to our own. It is nice to know that we are not the only ones to sell or store everything and leave the states. It is nice to meet others that are here because of the bounty of the destination, and not for vulgar exploitative reasons like the dirty men who are here enjoy legal prostitution with young girls (age of consent is 16), lax drug laws, and legal gambling. Costa Rica, and well...the whole world, could do with out those creeps!