The Sea is a Salty One

From our trip to Manuel Antonio a few years ago. How I wish we were there now, and not having to deal with the insurance. The tale below is why I like the idea of Medicare for all and socialized medicine. I had nothing but very positive experiences with socialized medicine in Germany. We got up this morning and discovered that our insurance will not cover Jim's upcoming surgery if he has it at the hospital in Liberia, even if it's just another branch of the same hospital in San Jose. There was a lot of back and forth between us, the doctors, the hospitals involved and the insurance company. It's still not resolved. But now I have an official billing statement from the hospital in Liberia with the full price for the surgery on it. The decision now is if we should just pay 100% out of pocket for the surgery in Liberia and then submit all the bills to the insurance company, or go to the pre-approved hospital in San Jose and have it entirely paid in full. Depends on how much th...

Breakfast on Playa Tamarindo at Jonny T's yesterday Yesterday was one of those days I hate. It starts okay and then goes very sideways for the rest. My sleep has still been very messed up, so I was dragging from the moment I got up. I tend to read around bedtime, fall asleep face down in a book, wake up panicked later and get up to get ready for bed. By the time Jim comes to bed around 1 am he many times wakes me up and it takes awhile to get back to sleep. I tend to then wake up again around 4 am, up a few hours before crashing hard. I don't know why, but this is what's going on with my sleep. I've tried various things, like melatonin, and nothing is helping. We went to the beach for breakfast. Jonny T's has a breakfast buffet that will run you the munificent sum of 2,500 colones, or under 5 bucks. Sitting oceanside after the beach is closed to swimmers, surfers and walkers. Beautiful views, great food. We know the owner and I hope he makes it. About 75%  of the bu...