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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Free Spanish Lesson 38. Embarrassed or pregnant?
This is a pretty extreme example, but it's important to know that "false cognates" exist so you don't make the same type of mistakes. If ...
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Feds: We No Longer Need Your Circumcision Records to Renew Your Passport
The State Department won't say who would be required to complete the form. Apparently, any passport examiner could decide your appearance, ...
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Rebuilding a Tico House in Costa Rica – Part III. The bottom line and some thoughts.
Moving to Costa Rica and deciding where and how to live requires some thought and willingness to venture into a new culture and language. ...
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Free Spanish Lesson 37 – Hagamos fiesta!
Si alguna vez ha tenido the chance to walk down the streets of a Latin American pueblo in the evening, especially en un fin de semana, the ...
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A New Life in Escazu. What’s in a name Gringo?
She wrote: "You may be wondering why I didn't simply look "gringo" up in a Spanish-English dictionary, since I was so determined to find ...
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Costa Rica Cigars: Tabacos de la Cordillera – Turning Back the Clock 50 Years
In the mountains of Costa Rica, hand-rolled cigars are created using tobacco grown from pre-Castro Cuban tobacco seeds. Tabacos de la ...
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Free Spanish Lesson 36 – How feo is feo?
In English frecuentemente decimos certain words que pueden ser very strong in Spanish. These are words that should be avoided because ...
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Won’t You Please Also Help the Jaco Library and the Kids? I’ve donated $100…
To increase the library's interaction within Jaco, the library conducts local school visits, provides free weekly yoga classes, and ...
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The Truth about Violence – 3 Principles of Self-Defense
Perhaps there would be no crime between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. on a Saturday night. However, from the moment we were airborne, there was a ...
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Free Spanish Lesson 35 – Greeting each other.
When hombres greet hombres in a similar setting, they will often give each other a handshake and/or un abrazo. The key is to be aware of ...
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