Note from Guillermo today. He has been in Costa Rica for the past few weeks.

Aparently Guillermo and his CR partner, Sandra, reviewed the project and discussed preliminary ideas for a few days. I am certainly excited about this. They expect to have some very early rough sketches done within 2 weeks. Again- excitement. I have been adding images to my image file. Regrettably I cannot post them as blogger sucks for uploading images. Also, a lot of them are in a shoe box on my desk. That too will likley prevent the easy dissemination of the images.

I need to do research into the particular environental obstacles of my area. Regrettably I cannot find my next door neighbor's email address. He could certainly tell me the concerns that a builder should keep in mind. I mean, what is the dirunal tempurate difference? rain runoff problems? What is the annual tempurate variation? Are winds a problem? from which direction do they flow? I know there are trade winds...how do they function?

I suspect cooling will be my ownly problem. I even consdered making entire floors of the building open, with only a roof. In the end, I think I will opt for large, moveable windows and doors, but I would like to know if heating is ever a problem, and how extreme the summer heat can get.