Hillside condo development

With so many Americans and Canadians falling in love with the idea of a vacation or retirement home or condo in Costa Rica, a lot of people bought raw land cheaply, preferably with a view of the ocean, and then built condos to sell.

Here is a condo development outside of Playas del Coco. It does not have a view of the ocean, but it does have a nice view of the hills. Unfortunately, the market for condos softened when the U.S. economy went into a recession, and in the next few days I will show you sad scenes of what happens when a condo developer does not have the money to finish a project.

We are showing photos of the architecture of Budapest, Hungary, one of Europe's magnificent capitol cities, this week on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site.