Truly informative articles about retirement in Costa Rica can not be written by ‘travel writers’, they can only be written about by people who are actually living and who are retired in Costa Rica. 90% of the articles you will find here about retiring in Costa Rica are unique to our site. They have been written by people who have been retired in Costa Rica for many years, who understand the culture, the people and the country and you can learn from their experience.
Retirement In Costa Rica
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Costa Rica – ‘Expat Life’ Culture Shock
The lifestyle, insularity, and unofficial class system of expat living can cause a unique and unexpected culture shock at first, writes ...
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Long, Happy Gray Cat Looking For A New Home
After jumping out of my car and stopping the traffic I then had to extract the cat who was clinging to the underside of the car in front of ...
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Recreating Myself In Costa Rica
There is a very subtle shift going on inside of me as my body begins to understand that although this life is temporary, this Tico ...
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Festival de la Luz 2009 Parade
One of the local newspapers explained how it was "a night of cold noses and warm smiles" and I must confess that it always brings a smile ...
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Costa Rica Rental Properties – The Psycho Tenant
As you can see from the following letter from the property management company, this Psycho Renter has created quite a reputation for ...
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Retirement in Costa Rica – Getting started and exercising my retired brain.
I moved to Costa Rica." I'm constantly trying to think in Spanish, look for some obscure directional cue as I drive, keep an eye on 'hard ...
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Costa Rica Active Retirement On the Trail of San Rafael
The notion of a blank canvas came to mind and I thought about the incredible opportunity this offered - to build my life and comforts from ...
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Living in Costa Rica – Writing down your plans and goals.
Costa Rica is a magnificent country and after living in ten different countries on three different continents around the world, I can't ...
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New Costa Rica Women’s Club In San Isidro del General
I've been toying with the idea for some time, inspired by three main ideas. The first and obvious one - how to make friends when you up ...
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Americans Living in Costa Rica – Ciudad Colon interviews
My husband and I moved to Ciudad Colón in 2004, when we were expecting the birth of our son. We had been living in Escazú, and were ...
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