Costa Rica Vacation

Housing in Costa Rica is available for all budgets from the college student to the successful retiree. The least expensive options include sharing a home or renting a room in a house with a family or other co-leasers. Often, the ‘home stay’ rentals include one to three meals a day, laundry and cleaning services. This [...]

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Costa Rica has many great restaurants to choose from. Offerings are plentiful with almost all types of International Cuisine available in the country. In the five years I’ve lived here, I’ve had the chance to try a lot of different places. Here’s a list of my top 5 favorites in no particular order.

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When I made the decision to move to Costa Rica one of the major decisions I faced was whether to bring my dog with me. The idea of leaving him behind and giving him away was really not an option I wanted to consider but I worried whether he could adjust to the change in [...]

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Buying a home in a foreign country can be a daunting process, but with some basic tips and suggestions from someone that has done it before, you can have a beautiful property and permanent vacation spot in tropical Costa Rica in no time!

Filed under: Living & Retirement, Real Estate on December 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

Finding a job as a foreigner in Costa Rica is no easy accomplishment. For a country desperately in need of native English speakers for the tourism industry as well as teaching English to the local population, it is surprisingly hard to find decent-paying jobs here without a work permit or legal residency (and even with [...]

Filed under: Living & Retirement on December 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

Migrating from the rainy and often chilly London to Costa Rica isn’t a very common move. However for me it has been an amazing and very welcome change in scenery! Just to give you an idea of the changes and differences I have experienced I would like to share with you a day in my [...]

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Retiring in Costa Rica used to be a very easy and quick process, however with the influx of foreign retirees to Costa Rica the bar has been raised and the process not as easy.

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