Treehouse Winter 2011\2012

The Treehouse at Night

 

A PLACE TO NEST

WHEN PAUL PIDCOCK AND Jeanne Marsh travelled through Costa Rica in 2003, they fell in love with the country’s solitude, beaches and tropical forests. With Paul still active in the IT business and Jeanne, retired from dentistry, it seemed the ideal place for this Toronto-based couple to buy a second home. Never ones to follow convention, they finally settled on a “tree house” located near the small village of Paraiso.

While not a tree house in the strict Swiss Family Robinson sense, their arboreal abode is located high up in the jungle canopy. A teak, wood, and glass structure supported by forest-green steel beams, the bedrooms are enclosed by glass, while the living room is open to the jungle with magnificent views of the valleys, mountains and Pacific coast a few kilometres away.

“We’re surrounded by birds and monkeys,” says Paul. “It has great air flow, incredible views and is only an hour’s drive from the urban amenities and international airport in Liberia. 

While Paul and Jeanne are back in Toronto, they rent out their property to other adventure minded snowbirds who, for as little as $1,300 a week, can find out what life is like high up in the trees. See it at www.junglavista.com

 Peter Muggeridge, Zoomer Magazine

Costa Rica

A SMALL COUNTRY

WITH A LOT TO OFFER

WITH A POPULATION of 4.6 million, Costa Rica is well-known for its eco-focus. This Central American nation has coastlines on both the Caribbean and the Pacific. Although making up 0.03 per cent of the planet’s land mass, Costa Rica boasts six per cent of the earth’s biodiversity – one-quarter of its total area is natural, protected territory. From rainforests and volcanoes to beaches, this Latin American country offers several microclimates as well as a year round average temperature of 25 C.  

WH, Zoomer Magazine