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Coming to Costa Rica!

By Patrick Brunelle ⋅ December 23, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

I have never taken the time to write to everyone and really explain why the big decision to move to Costa Rica was made. I have taken the time to explain it to a few, but basically I have kept quiet about what I have been up too.

Well, the biggest reason I have moved here is to start up my own tourism company. I have been working hard with a few of my friends to get this thing off the ground these last six months and it has been very rewarding for me. I wanted to do this as I really believed, and still do, that this wonderful country has so much to offer so many people who visit it. For me it was just a matter of establishing a company with integrity and phenomenal service standards in order to bring people here and keep them coming back.

Given the fact that I have no background in business, everyday seems to have provided me with good learning experiences. The biggest lesson I’ve learned thus far you ask? Well this is simply to make sure you take the time to do things right in all of your venture, whether it be with family, friends, business partners or clients. People really do appreciate when you are willing to take the time for them: it makes them feel special!!!

It really has been an amazing experience to be able to call the shots, and I don’t know how easy it will be to go back to taking orders if things were not to succeed the way I would like them too. Everyone who knows me is well aware that I tend to be a little difficult on authority. I won’t really give any more details about my business but I really think that I might surprise a few people when they come down, at least I hope I do, if you don’t believe me give our offices a call and find out for yourself!!!

Let me also introduce you to my new hometown and the birthplace of Exclusive X-Cursions Travel Inc.: Barva, Heredia. This quiet little town I live is about 20 minutes away from the capital, San Jose. This place is everything I had hoped for in moving here. I really took a step back in time and have had the opportunity to experience how things must have been like years ago. There are no large multinationals, restaurant chains, no street lights, and everybody in the town really ends up knowing your name. Everything is within a five minute walk, whether it be the food/supermarket, bakery, local pubs, gym, Internet café, bus stops, park, basketball courts, football fields, and even a beautiful church. It did not take me long to realize I would be happy living somewhere where no car was needed. I walk and take the bus everywhere, and if the need ever occurs, I take a taxi. All in all it is very cheap to get around, and I don’t have the guilt of polluting or putting a large dent in my pocket. Barva is known in Costa Rica as the city of artists because of the large number of famous artists and sculptors living here. What I like most about being here is that there always seems to be a festival of some sort on any given weekend. The picture I posted is of one of my friends while he painted a scene depicting a yearly festival that takes place in front of my Church every year in August. He painted this painting of a Festival during a different Festival, where artists from all over the country travel to Barva to produce something for all to see and appreciate.

Until next time!