TIPS ON LIVING AND RETIRING IN COSTA RICA
This short story is about Doug Ward’s life in Costa Rica. Doug came from Miami, Fla on a vacation and instantly fell in love with Costa Rica. He bought a farm, transformed it into a Tropical Botanical Garden, The Arenal Botanical Garden, and opened it to tourist to learn and enjoy. Written by Doug: [...]
Are you thinking of living and retiring in Costa Rica? First, you should do a lot of homework concerning the advantages and disadvantages and especially on how much money you need to live in Costa Rica with the same life style and standard of living you are accustomed to where you come from. I will [...]
Costa Rica used to be an inexpensive place to live but not anymore. This in June 2011 and the cost of one gallon of super gasoline is $5.66. This year the dollar has weakened. The exchange rate went from 580 colones to the dollar to 498 colones to the dollar. A loss of 82 colones [...]
We were vacationing in Costa Rica near the Arenal Volcano at the Arenal Observatory Lodge and Ken said to me ” Wow what a spectacular sight!” As the red hot lava and giant fiery rocks shot from the summit of the mighty Arenal. So he picked up his video camera and started shooting. Thus was [...]
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“IT’S SUMMER TIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY” If you are thinking of retiring to Costa Rica and want to hear first hand what is it like from North Americans who have done just that, then our video Costa Rica A Travel Adventure Spectacular offers you the opportunity to hear the testimonials of three different [...]
Are you thinking of making a move to Costa Rica? Perhaps to work or even to retire? But are not sure if you can afford to do so? I can offer you great tips to help you determine if this is the right move for you. Cost of Living: What is less expensive in Costa [...]
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If you are traveling in Costa Rica and need go use your Medicare insurance to pay for medical care, will it cover? No, Medicare’s coverage does not extend abroad. Coverage is provided only in the US. Only option is to purchase an international insurance plan or a travel insurance policy that covers medical care in [...]
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This is from an article written by Jo Stuart for the daily English language online newspaper “AM Costa Rica”. Jo, as she is called by her friends, is a long time resident of Costa Rica and here she talks about her experience with the government sponsored universal health care insurance offered to everyone. She writes [...]
I would like to recommend the book, The New Golden Door to Living and Retiring in Costa Rica, if you are thinking of making a move to Costa Rica. It is the most comprehensive and well researched source of information of this subject that I have found. It’s author is Christopher Howard, a North American, [...]
By international standards Costa Rica is characterized as a third world country or a developing country. However, on first impression it does not appear so. You don’t see the cardboard shanty towns that dominate the landscape of other developing countries. The people are well dressed. The homeless and street people are not as evident as [...]
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