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Retired in Costa Rica – Shopping for Ropa Americana
If you're moving to Costa Rica, or even if you're just coming for an extended visit, don't think that you have to stuff your entire ...
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Costa Rica Retirement – Like a Raw New England December Day
My Cuban friend, Roxana, who moved to Costa Rica 13 years ago, wanted me to go with her and about 30 of her fellow Zen Buddhists. We all ...
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Moving To Costa Rica. “I was scared too, but I just kept paddling.”
Surprisingly, I was the happiest in my life when I had the least. And my sweetest memories are usually small things, like that weeping ...
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International Travel and the Security Illusion
And security? A multi-billion business where 90% of the money spent appears to be a total waste. Where a supposedly 'trained' security ...
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Learning Spanish at the Beach in Samara with InterCultura
A university group from South Florida contacted us and again pretty much on trust decided to send us their 40-person group down for a ...
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Alternative Energy in Costa Rica: Solar energy.
Since many of you have showed interest in sustainable solutions for your home in Costa Rica, I wanted to share some information I gathered ...
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They’re So Desperate For Advertising Money Even Though It “Sounds Like A Scam To Me.”
It appears The Tico Times may have fallen victim to an unsavory ad offering deals that are too good to be true," said Tico Times Associate ...
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Living in Quepos, Costa Rica – A true melting pot of lifestyles, personalities and cultures.
Single or married, homosexual or heterosexual, young kids or grandparents, sophisticated or backpacker.., there is and will be something ...
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Living in Costa Rica and Happier Than A Billionaire – With some quotes from Eckhart Tolle
"She and her husband, Rob, both chiropractors, had a comfortable life in York, Pennsylvania, but they were miserable. Both were working ...
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Nature Goes Up and Nature Comes Down!
For some plants, its definitely the time to be dramatic - this agave is nearly four years old, time to flower, its asparagus-like spear has ...
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