Jan 1, 2007 | Cost of Living, Living-In, Mail and Shipping, Utilities
Saturday I went to pay my utility bills: water, electric, phone, cel phone, tv, wifi. My cel is $8/month and I recently paid three months of that. I haven’t paid my phone yet, but that will be about $5 for the month. You don’t write checks in Costa Rica....
Oct 11, 2006 | Books, Culture Shock, Mail and Shipping, Travel Tips
There’s a lovely, powerful saying by which I live. It goes: "The more you complain, the longer God lets you live."* Poetic, isn’t it? And productive. My complaints about not being able to get my books cheaply to Costa Rica produced many helpful...
Sep 9, 2006 | Mail and Shipping
I drove behind this truck for a 1/2 hour before I realized I was following a U.S. Mail truck in Costa Rica. Do you suppose this is where they come to die? And what do you suppose was in it? Certainly not mail! Nobody sends mail locally here, unless you have a PO Box...
