What is this?
A hotel and restuarant 6 km north of Samara on pristine Playa Buena Vista offering a deeper connection to Costa Rica (see map below). El Castillo is argueably more art than hotel with first impressions speaking volumes about our visitors. Somewhere between recognizing existing beauty and seeing only potential lies the truth for most. Names range from beach commune to global community village in a place teaming with life and overlooking both an estuary and the Pacific ocean. A view with a room sums up the accommodations which means you get what you need without the chrome polish. Happily this place is not for everyone and remains unique as the best location for the best price if you can live with a little less. Contribute your talents to making this place better and make your own unique mark. Don Klaus is the creator and heart of El Castillo and for the past three years my restuarant has been the stomach. This blog is my attempt (see my profile) to create an english website for El Castillo since the original site (http://www.hotel-ohne-fenster.de/) and the creator are both German. Although this reads like a brochure, my real intention is to share the unique energy of this place with those that know and those yet to visit. Enjoy!
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Playa Buena Vista is the next beach north of Samara. Switch to satellite and zoom in to see the coast and El Castillo.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Total Fluff
Three months ago I looked down at my feet and saw two new arrivals at the castle. Well my compliments to all people brave enough to try any kind of parenting - even kittens. These girls have given me my share of stress, stinky poop and holes in my plastic roof from eager new claws. Hours and hours I´ve spent trying to seal my room only for them to discover another weakness. Of course in the end the cliche rings true - no problem is greater than the love they give back and your heart is a bigger victim than any roof or torn mosquito net. To be fair the girls are not the first cats to arrive on my watch. Ramone is the official cat of the castle with 20 lbs of uneutered alley cat he´s earned the name "scabby cat big head." Driven by impulse his fighting takes a tole with broken paws, ripped out claws and nasty cuts, but he gets through it all with that same smirk on his face. But Ramone adopted me and although I´ve helped him how I can he doesn´t really need anyone. The girls let me play parent and as such I´ll have them fixed as soon as they´re ready and before Ramone tries to claim his harem. Like any parent I have too much video of the cats, but remember it´s rainy season and in the next few weeks I´ll actually post a video with people.
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