It has been a pet peeve of mine for some time how people stand on the side of the road near the rotunda a Multiplaza in Escazu selling their puppies that are sick or too young to be away from their mother.
Disease is rampant and these puppies if you buy one, you are for sure [...]
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I purchased a gun a few months ago when John was traveling a lot. Not that I really needed one but coming from Texas it just seems natural for me to have a gun in the house. Him being from Connecticut he was anti-gun until he was away from home and even then not so [...]
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Drivers in Costa Rica will soon be paying about 5.4% more at the pump thanks to price increases approved Friday by the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP).
At the request of the National Oil Refinery (RECOPE), the regulatory authority analyzed requests for price increases and approved hikes of 5.4% for super gas, 5.8% for regular gas, [...]
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We recently tried to get a tourist visa for our maid to go to the United States for a visit. After waiting in line for 5 hours, she was denied the visa along with several other people waiting in line for same.
You must prove that you have ties and a reason to come back to [...]
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I have heard this more times than I can remember. Living in Costa Rica does not have the conveniences that you find in the States. There are no Walmart’s, Target’s or Home Depot’s. If you live outside of the valley in the beach areas you have to drive into the valley to do most of [...]
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Gas prices have reached an all time high in Costa Rica and it is going up again next week. Since you buy gas in liters here and your odometer is in kilometers it is difficult for some of us to do the conversion to actually find out what we are paying for gas by the [...]
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YUK! They are everywhere. Apparantly when the dry season ends and the rainy season begins garrapatas (ticks) come out in record numbers. I have never seen so many ticks in one place. We have treated the animals with everything available and they still are crawling off the dogs and onto the furniture/floor. Our cats have [...]
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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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Traffic is SOOOOO bad coming or going to the beach this weekend. 90% of the Central Valley is heading to the beach for the weekend. Cars were bumper to bumper heading out of the city on Thursday and will be even worse coming back on Monday. Buses aren’t running so cars are the only means [...]
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Today, while driving, no more than twenty meters from me I saw a person being robbed. I must say the robbers are terribly quick.
Just for you to know. If you drive by the “Rotondas” in Hatillos, there is a bridge that crosses the road (and I suspect that is where the robbers watch the cars [...]
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