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 People & Culture – A few thoughts…
It was an innocent enough question. A thoughtful Canadian who has mastered Spanish and is planning an extended trip to Costa Rica, a ...
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Costa Rica Retirement – A Family Affair
I bought my first piece of real estate in Costa Rica. It's a brand new two-bedroom, two-bath condo. I was surprised to learn that when I ...
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Costa Rica Whales – A Cross-Species Costa Ballena Encounter That’s NOT to be Missed
There is something quite unnerving about knowing that somewhere down in the depths below your suddenly small-seeming boat an intelligent ...
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Costa Rica Schools – Samara after-school program at CREAR
La Asociación CREAR is a non-profit, free after-school program focused on supplemental education for the children of Playa Sámara and ...
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Shenanigans in San Isidro del General – The state of the roads.
Driving is suicidal here without crazy Tico's weaving their way around the craters! Last year I wrote about how lucky we were in having a ...
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Athletes Love Costa Rica – Exciting Triathlon in Jaco…
Well last weekend we saw some of Costa Rica's most dedicated and fit athletes show off their stuff at a triathlon sponsored by the Los ...
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Recipe for Relocation Success – The welcoming community of Ojochal, South Pacific, Costa Rica
If you think living on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica is nothing more than flip flops and coconuts, think again! A far cry from those ...
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Retirement in Costa Rica – Spanish Saturation
An overriding goal of mine is to become fluent in Spanish this year. I was afraid that if I took a break from the routine of going to ...
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Retirement in Costa Rica – Fruit for the Picking
Lush, ripe fruit hangs from trees this time of year. Mangoes measuring 7" long by 4" wide, red and ready to burst with sweet and juicy ...
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Building A Home With Foam? Foam fantastic…
Donald Grieb was a supremely talented architect in the Chicago area when fifty years ago, he was searching for a way to build inexpensive, ...
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