Be careful where you stay while in La Fortuna!
Recently we took a trip through La Fortuna because the bridge was out going to Playa Coco on the Caldera Highway. We stopped for dinner in a place in La Fortuna next to one of those tourist booths and for some reason took a shine to [...]
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If you have ever driven to one of the volcano’s or the back roads to the beach you have probably encountered the cows in Costa Rica.
Imagine driving down the road, minding your own business, listening to your music, talking to your wife, husband, children and all of a sudden cows are running towards your car [...]
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Do you ever just want to shoot people for being inconsiderate? I realize this is a touchy forbidden subject and I may lose some readers for going here but I just can’t keep quiet anymore. Some people just don’t use their heads in everyday life. They are just inconsiderate about things and [...]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf76qGmVZw8
I’m not the cyber guru that Ramiro is and i could not figure out how to get this video to open on this page but I believe that if you cut and paste the link into your browser it should work. This video portrays the directions one would get and how an expat would interpret [...]
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Residency laws in Costa Rica are changing again! I am having difficulty keeping up with all of the changes this time so I have enlisted the help of my friends at Fragomen to help weed through some of the new laws.
I will be posting them here as they are made clear to me.
The first of [...]
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Costa Rica is becoming the mecca for North Americans and others who need reasonable health care. The president of Costa Rica has put out the welcome map for foreigners who want to come here to take advantage of the lower-cost medical care.
The president, Nobel-Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias Sánchez, issued a formal decree to assist [...]
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Well it has happened again….I didn’t think it would ever pass but I was wrong. President Arias has signed the bill into law. On Wednesday the 19th of August the bill became a law changing the amount for Pensinado’s required to have in income and several other changes.
The amount that Pensinado’s must now have to [...]
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When looking for a house in Costa Rica there are a few things to consider.
Are you going to have a live-in maid?
Do you have ample yard area for children or pets
Is it on a busy street?
Do I need a protected development?
Does it have adequate security?
Does I need a garage or carport or either?
Believe it all [...]
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It doesn’t seem like it has been a year since Holy week but we are coming up on it shortly. The holiday this year will run from Saturday April the 4th until Tuesday April the 14th. Many businesses will be closed and customs will be working on a limited staff for the first part of [...]
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You might have already seen the news in the states or maybe you read the paper online like I do, or you were there when the big one hit. Whichever of these you fall under, Thursday was a very memorable day in Costa Rica.
There was an incredibly strong (6.2) earthquake that made the world shake [...]
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