This is an ongoing collection of photos of my home in Las Fincas de Escamequita, an Eco Development started by my friends Donn and Juan. Thanks to a very generous landlord, in January of 2008 I moved into a new two-bedroom home that abuts a 400-acre nature reserve with monkeys, toucans and other exotic birds, rabbits, foxes, skunks, sloths, iguanas and several thousand species of insects.
The house is UV-solar powered, save for the propane stove. With a full charge on a sunny day, we have no problem running the refrigerator, two laptops, modem and router (ISP is solar powered, too), lights, water fountain pump, small television and DVD player (no cable or satellite), bedside lamps for reading, and the ceiling fan all night. On a cloudy day, we undertake self-imposed rationing.
The photos are in reverse chronological order, and while not stunning (well, maybe one pr two!), hopefully give my family, friends and generous landlord an idea of what life is like at Las Fincas, especially the changes in seasons.
