Dominical Dot Biz

She says: “Honey, where should we go this year?”
He says: “Oh, I don’t know, the South of France was sure nice last year”
She says: “Yeah, and the year before that the kids got a real kick out of Disney world.”
He says: “Whattaya think about maybe Cancun, or Rio? Some place tropical?”
She says: “Yeah, that sounds good. What was the name of that little place on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica that the Wellingfordbreaths went to last year? They loved it… Dominican… no.. that’s that island. Oh, I remember, Dominical. How ’bout there?”
He says: “Huh?”

That Dominical Costa Rica, and its surrounding areas, Uvita, Ojochal, Matapalo etc… would even be mentioned in such a conversation, is a huge indicator of the change that is going on in the Southern Pacific Zone of Costa Rica. The word is out: Its pretty darn cool there… well “here” from this writer’s perspective. This is an extraordinary part of the world and tourism is kicking in with a vengeance. But, it isn’t “tourism” as one might think.

Dominical features beaches, and perfect tropical weather. The mountains come right down to the ocean from just north of Dominical to Uvita. The country itself is so tiny that there are spots in the center of the country where a really good spitter can hit both oceans by simply turning 180 degrees (hyperbolic authoric license), meaning that there is all kinds of ocean breezy climate going on here. It is a wonder to be so close to the equator and be able to live without air conditioning.

So what is “tourism” like in Dominical? Well as much as it seems to want to be, and with as much pressure as the developers are putting on to it to be your normal fare tourism, it isn’t. Whats normal? (more…)