I love the Costa Ricans actually most of Latin America for their attempts to not hurt anyone by their words. You will not see a Costa Rican screaming at you in any situation, they just don’t do that. You can be in a car accident in the middle of rush hour with someone already late [...]
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I get so much accustomed to the culture that sometimes I forget the obvious. Have you noticed while living in Costa Rica that no one will ever tell you “no” they cannot do something or “no, I don’t want to do that?” You probably have not because it just appears that the Tico’s [...]
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Well…I’m working on it. Actually it is finished. We are now in the process of editing and correcting my mistakes and typo’s. Unfortunately I cannot edit my own work so I am having to rely on the kindness of others to do this for me.
Lots of information in this book. Some of the topics covered [...]
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The cost of cars are rising as is anything else in Costa Rica. Gas and diesel are now about equal where diesel was 150 colones less per liter, now they are running neck in neck to keep up. This doesn’t help when you are looking at a car to buy.
When we were looking at cars, [...]
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I found a terrific site over the weekend for finding a bus in Costa Rica. The link is here: http://thebusschedule.com/cr/index.php?lang=en .
You can put in where you are and where you want to go and this site will give you the bus schedule.
If they do not have a town listed the way that you put it [...]
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Last year, as many of you living in Costa Rica might know, for the first time in almost 50 years, the 4th of July picnic was canceled. This was very disappointing to all of us that meet many of our friends there each year.
Approximately 3500 expats attend this celebration each year and many plan their [...]
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Two to three times a year we pick up the paper or read online that another fugitive has been captured in Costa Rica. The last bad guy was picked up in Playa Garza last month. This one was a convicted child molester.
Tom Noel Mastin is the latest of several fugitives that have made their home [...]
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Driving in Costa Rica can be treacherous on good days. Forget it if it is raining or dark. While I have become used to many things in my path every once in awhile I forget and almost hit a tree that is placed 4 feet off the curb or an electric pole that is a [...]
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Today is the day that the phone numbers will change that was mentioned in an earlier post.
Effective tonight at midnight all landlines will have a 2 in front of the number that is already assigned. For instance, 219-2747 will as of mid-night tonight be 2219-2747. If you are calling from the US or Canada you [...]
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You cannot work in Costa Rica unless you have a work permit or the proper type of residency that allows you to do so. You cannot work while living in the country with a Tourist Visa, Rentista Status or Pensionado status. You are actually forbidden to do so by the Costa Rican government. You cannot [...]
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