Moving your pets in or out of Costa Rica can be very stressful for the owner but the dogs/cats handle it better than we do. Do NOT every sedate your pet before they fly. This can lead to very severe and sometimes fatal results.
Airlines will not knowingly accept a pet that has been sedated. If [...]
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There are as many Real Estate agents as there are lawyers in Costa Rica. Everyone is selling property or knows someone that is selling property including your taxi driver or maid. Real Estate is a lucrative business in Costa Rica. The problem is that not all of these real estate agents are looking out for [...]
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We have just had 3 days of what they are calling rolling black outs. I’m not sure if it is over yet as they have said it could go on for 3-4 days and in Costa Rica, that could mean a week.
Thursday the entire country was blacked out, that is all of Costa Rica was [...]
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AM Costa Rica is one of the English newspapers here in Costa Rica. You can find them online at www.amcostarica.com. They are a daily newspaper that is at this time only offered online. It is a great source for finding what is going on throughout the country.
Today Mr. Jay Brodell (the editor) wrote an article [...]
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Myself and most everyone that has spent any time in Costa Rica has a fondness of the Costa Rican people. They are always so friendly and helpful and generally a happy group.
Yesterday this was put to the test when I had a flat tire in Escazu. As you may know there is quite a bit [...]
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Private schools and a good education are not easy to find in Guanacaste. There is one school that offers the US Diploma and an American style education and that is Country Day-Guanacaste located in Brasilito, 400 meters south of Paradisus Playa Conchal hotel. This school opened up in 2000 and is a branch of the [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2007 by John
Costa Rica official holidays include the following days:
January 1 – New Years Day
April – Thursday and Friday of Holy Week
April 11 – Juan Santa Maria’s Day (National hero)
May 1 – Labor Day
June 29 – Saints Peter and Paul
July 25 – Annexation of the Province of Guanacaste
August 2 – Dia [...]
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In the better schools of Costa Rica, children are offered one hour a day of spanish instruction. They begin at the beginning for children that know no Spanish at all to intermediate classes where children speak a little Spanish. After one to 2 years your children can be bilingual and after 4-5 years they will [...]
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If you are planning to have a maid in Costa Rica or employees of any sort, you need to know the following applies to you.
LEGAL OBLIGATIONS BY THE EMPLOYER IF THE RELATIONSHIP IS CONSIDERED A LABOR RELATIONSHIP
Although all measures possible to try to characterize the relationship as out of the reach of local labor law [...]
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Banks in Costa Rica include both private and public banks, with each alternative offering its benefits and drawbacks. The four public banks can be slower, with longer lines-especially durning the lunch hour, at the end of the day, and on pay day-but are making efforts to increase efficiency and tend to offer better access with [...]
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