Americans and Canadians tend to complain about the cost of clothes in Costa Rica. Here are a couple of solutions. I always try to give tips about how to save money in Costa Rica. One way is to find businesses that can repair broken items inexpensively. In the U.S. people […]
In 2008, 2010 and 2016 the Happy Planet Index ranked Costa Rica as the happiest country in the world. There is more good news for the country. This year(2019) another organization, the World Happiness Report, named Costa Rica as the happiest country in Latin America, second happiest in the Americas […]
Buying a home is one of the largest investments you make during your lifetime. Some expats who relocate to Costa Rica choose to become homeowners. Those who are among this group should definitely have full insurance coverage to protect their investment. Let’s see why this so important. Getting over the […]
In the last two years about 25 Americans that I know have moved from Costa Rica to Medellín, Colombia. You are probably asking why? There are two main reasons for them relocating. First, the cost of living in Medellín seems to be about 30 percent less than Costa Rica. Most […]
On my monthly relocation/retirement tours my clients have the option of visiting the Central Valley, Central and South Pacific beach areas and parts of Guanacaste. I do not offer tours to the Caribbean side of the country because the majority of my clients are not interested in living there. In […]
Chiky is the best selling cookie in Costa Rica; So much so that over 130,000 are produced daily by the Pozuelo cookie factor to meet the demand. For decades both Costa Ricans and expat retirees have savored a delicious variety of cookies made by the bakery. In fact, the company […]
Costa Rica was included among the 5 Easiest, Most Welcoming Retirement Havens in the World by International Living Magazine. “A new report from International Living points to the top 5 retirement destinations across the globe where it’s easiest to fit in. The Fitting-in category of the 2019 Annual Global Retirement […]
When the word mafia is mentioned, the first things that usually comes to mind are the likes of Al Capone, La Cosa Nostra, The Mob or Pablo Escobar. Well the government mafia in Costa Rica is not as evil as those just mentioned but perhaps is more insidious. Basically, over […]
It is very easy to look at the negatives in Costa Rica when one is comparing the country with the United States or Canadá. They are too completely different countries and, above all, cultures. It is really easy to distort the facts when one does not understand a country. This […]
In 2018 International living finally got it right in that they chose Costa Rica as the best place to retire. Read here For 2019 they ranked Panama first and Costa Rica second which in my opinion is absurd. First, Costa Rica has many more places in which to live than […]
