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!


Costa Rica

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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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Fly By







Last week Ashley flew into Carillo airport and took some cool shots from the plane of Samara and Playa Buena Vista. Always nice to get a different perspective.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Family Pizzeria



All this time and I never made a post about pizza! Over the past four years I've cooked many different things in my restaurant, but in the past year I've moved toward themes. Smoked BBQ pulled pork and grilled fish topped the list last year and this year pizza. No new lessons learned - pizza is universally delicious for everyone and although it's available everywhere in the world, it never gets old. Normally I don't have an audience in the kitchen, but these German kids from San Jose love pizza and just kept coming back to watch. What is it about pizza?
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