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  Earthquake Damage – Before and after photographs.

  Most areas in Costa Rica have been unaffected by the earthquake and there have been no deaths or serious injuries of North American ...

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  Newcomers’ Diary – Single, senior, strong and adventurous! Part I

  This morning I am in town at Casa de Café, the sweetest café you'll ever see and I have ordered El Desayuno Del Dia, ...

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  Strong Earthquake Rattles Central Costa Rica

  According to the OVSICORI, the tremor had a magnitude of 6.2 and about 17 miles deep with its epicenter near Poas volcano which is 22 miles ...

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  Building Homes and Living in San Isidro – Free online video interview with American builder Michael Holm.

  Michael Holm, originally from California has lived in Costa Rica for over 15 years. Like many before him, he came here on vacation and ...

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  Costa Rica Gambling – The Stakes Are High in Paradise

  To be accurate, by living here as a resident, I am legally banned from placing a bet through one of the 150 or so online casinos or ...

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  Costa Rica Living – Everyone Asks Me If I Like It Here…

  A dozen children placed in my house for a weekly meeting - a playgroup of international mothers and their children - trying to have a ...

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  Costa Rica Birds – The Magnificent Quetzal

  They're still out there - some near, most far, all wide-open places waiting to expand your horizon. One of these places is the Santa Elena ...

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  There’s Always Something to be Grateful for in Costa Rica

  The other day I worked myself into a tizzy about this or that thing in my life. The issue? I can't even remember what it was. I was ...

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  Costa Rica Living – Susan’s Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Costa Rica

  Time has flown. I am celebrating my fifth anniversary of living in Costa Rica. In five years, I have lived in three very different areas of ...

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  Retired in Costa Rica … Ken Beedle’s journal today about estranged cat and things.

  Mainly she has had food issues. In humans it is called bulimia, in cats it's eat and puke. For once, she is not the problem. Not only ...

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