Jun 28, 2007 | Banking, Expat, Living-In
Not in Costa Rica. In Costa Rica, you just have to worry about someone stealing your purse. Or breaking into your house and taking your laptop. And everything else right down to the plumbing and light fixtures, if you are gone long enough. Just your everyday...
Jun 23, 2007 | Cost of Living, Driving
This is a common sight in Costa Rica. You are stopped behind a bus or a truck, the light changes, they take off and you choke. Exhaust fumes make it pretty much impossible to drive with your windows open. Diesel is cheap and an engine that lives on diesel lives...
Jun 19, 2007 | Domincal, Living-In, Manuel Antonio, Moving-To, Ojochal, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®, Uvita
NO to short-term speculation. Unless you can live with your money tied up for longer than you hope. OR you are looking to buy huge parcels, can be patient for the REAL deals to come along, spending serious money in the process. And can live with your money tied up for...
Jun 18, 2007 | Cost of Living, Domincal, Ojochal, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®, Uvita
It’s 3:10am Monday. We went to bed last night at about 8:30pm. Like the night before and the night before that. Because there is no TV and no internet here, nothing to keep us awake. When I woke just now, I was dreaming I was in rush hour on a train. It was one...
Jun 16, 2007 | Domincal, Moving-To, Ojochal, PollyAnna, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®, Restaurants, Uvita
Jeez, I sounded really bitter in that last post, eh? Not any more. Criticia is back in her coffin, sleeping it off, and Pollyanna is recalled to life, disgustingly cheerful. After two days in Uvita [ooo-VEE-ta, think Evita except with an ooo], I’m mellow and...
Jun 13, 2007 | CR: Working, Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Ojochal, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®, Uvita
I swore I wouldn't be doing this. But I am: I'm heading out to look at Costa Rica property for a buyer. I posted the Big Plan on the Costa Rica Living Group this morning, asking for help:Good morning, group, Hal and I are heading to the Dominical area today...
Jun 11, 2007 | Cost of Living, Food
What the world eats.
Jun 11, 2007 | Banking, Crime, Culture Shock, Jaco, Money
I went to the ATM last Thursday with my mom. You put your card in, you punch in your code, select ENGLISH or SPANISH, DOLLARS or COLONES (get colones, it’s easier), punch in the amount… wait while the machine whirrs and counts. Then take your cash, receipt...