Mar 5, 2010 | Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Mail and Shipping
As you know, I hate to complain. But a coupla things are ticking me off lately. Like… 1. Gringo Pricing. While ticas and I are the same height, all resemblance stops there. Ticos see me coming. Like going into the local pulperia [mom and pop grocery] for eggs...
Jul 13, 2009 | Chelation & Heavy Metals, Cost of Living, CR: Working, Culture Shock, Current Affairs, Honduras, Living-In
Over on Costa Rica Living, we've been havin' ourselves a good ole time ranting and raving about Honduras and is it a coup or not. (It's not.) You can read the posts here (this is a 44 page pdf document… you have to be really interested!) The CRL camp...
Oct 26, 2008 | Cost of Living, Medical Care, MORGAN
Google images may have saved Morgan’s life. He’s on his way home from the hospital now (it’s Sunday morning). WARNING: graphic photos below.Let’s just get me out of the way here: I am a basket case. Between Ryan’s mass and surgery,...
Apr 7, 2008 | Cost of Living, CR: Working, Crime, Culture Shock, Expat, Key West, Living-In, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®
"In America, you'll get food to eat. Don't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet. You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day. It's great to be an American." ...
Feb 16, 2008 | Cost of Living, CR: Working
Listen to this while you read. Such a beautiful song. Go ahead, sing along. Everyone else does. We are in hell. The property behind us is used for parties occasionally. Not too often, THANK GOD. Because ticos, like their friends in the frozen north, are WILD for...
Jan 28, 2008 | Cost of Living, CR: Working, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Expat, Hope, Volcanos
Just now at Volcán Arenal with Mom and Aunt Gay, mom’s baby sister. This was my third time at the volcano, my favorite place in Costa Rica so far. Volcán Arenal is flawless, when you can see it. Did you know, on a clear day, you can see the top of Arenal from...
Dec 13, 2007 | Cost of Living, Crime, Culture Shock, Death & Taxes, Economy, Expat, Living-In, Taxes
Jacqueline’s pistol-whipping break-in, along with everything else I wrote about yesterday, is upsetting our apple cart. Not to mention today’s A.M. Costa Rica article about how the I.R.S. is "helping" Costa Rica redefine it’s income tax...
Dec 12, 2007 | Bureaucracy, CAFTA or TLC, Cost of Living, Crime, Drug War, Living-In, Political Blah-Blah
Ok, this is ridiculous. I’m having a flood of anti-Costa Rica experiences. Maybe if I get them out of my system, this rock in my gut will disappear. IN THE NEWS. Don Oscar seems hellbent on getting Costa Rica into the 21st century. Only I don’t approve of...
