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Hola everyone!
I know some of you with whom we’ve communicated over the last about 4 years of trying to get our act together doubted we would ever make it, and frankly, we had our own doubts from time-to-time.
Well, NO MORE…..LOL
We have a house just north of Playa Negra, and South of Lola’s, and will be sitting on the beach by April 26th!
We’ll get settled and once we are comfortable with getting around and all the fun associated with it, we hope to meet some of the fantastic people who have fielded our questions with glee and encouraged us along the way!
Keep a candle in the window….hold on to your hats………..We’re on our way!
Pura Vida!
Dan.
Welcome, you will (should) really enjoy it here!
You have chosen a beautiful location as have we (Playa Samara) and nature has done it’s job to increase the enjoyment quotient of everyone who choses Costa Rica as their new home.
We love Lola’s and often make a day trip there with our frequent guests.
Again, welcome and enjoy – we hope to meet you soon!
crb[quote=”costaricabill”]Welcome, you will (should) really enjoy it here!
You have chosen a beautiful location as have we (Playa Samara) and nature has done it’s job to increase the enjoyment quotient of everyone who choses Costa Rica as their new home.
We love Lola’s and often make a day trip there with our frequent guests.
Again, welcome and enjoy – we hope to meet you soon!
crb[/quote]Thanks!….Hope to bump in to you too….once we get settled in, we’ll try to meet up with everyone!
What was it ‘VMC’ that made you make that final decision to move to Costa Rica after researching for 4 years?
Was it one particular event?
Did your way of thinking change?
If you’re half as happy as I am living here, you’ll be very happy ….
Good luck!
Scott
[quote=”Scott”]What was it ‘VMC’ that made you make that final decision to move to Costa Rica after researching for 4 years?
Was it one particular event?
Did your way of thinking change?
If you’re half as happy as I am living here, you’ll be very happy ….
Good luck!
Scott [/quote]
Hi Scott….
We made the [u]decision[/u] when we first started our research, it’s just that LIFE kept getting in our faces…..a Granddaughter was born, and I guess THAT single event affected our plans more than anything….She’s two now and in Germany for the next three years, so rather than languish in the decaying US, we decided to get going.
As I told you in the past, and I would be surprised if you remember, I have an older Brother that has been part of the US Special Forces community since 1967. He is working today at 62 for an unnamed Government agency, and even HE is getting out of Dodge by September….He’s taking his SECOND retirement and going to get out of the way of the STUPIDITY the world is about to perpetrate once again on the US.
THAT is my second motivation, I know, being former Military, and being fortunate enough to have escaped whatever put the populace to sleep (My Brother had a lot to do with that), that something dirty is about to happen here, and our world, which HAS NOT learned from History is about to repeat it, and not the good parts, but the most horrendous parts…. I imagine you yourself have this sense considering your experiences.
So…..we found ourselves, by the grace of God or “The Force”, or Vishnu, or Buddha, or whatever Universal power is REALLY in control of things, presented with a second or THIRD chance to make this move, by THROWING certain things at us, like a house, whose owner is likely to be a major influence on our lives, or any NUMBER of circumstances that couldn’t have just been random chance…
Things have happened very fast, blinding, DIZZYINGLY, and even suspiciously fast, and easy, so we’re on our way…..
Eager to embrace the Country, it’s people and the culture, hopefully to our mutual betterment, we hurl ourselves headlong into our unknown.
THAT in a rather large nutshell, is what led us up to this move, and we are anxious to meet people like YOU, David, Trisha, and a BUNCH of people who have so graciously tolerated our questions and confusion over the last 4 or even 5 years of our research into this fantastic Country called Costa Rica.Thank you all who we have spoken to so often over those years, and all those who felt compelled for your OWN reasons, but were so willing to share your experiences, it took a LOT to get us here, and we’re looking forward with GREAT anticipation, to the next adventure, or to just spending a few glorious years sitting on a beach, or in some hot springs, or staring at a rumbling mountain.
I’ll take a breath and shut up now……….LOL
So I guess now more than ever, this will be our motto as well – Pura Vida!
I’ve been researching moving to Costa Rica for about 4 years and would love to liquidate tomorrow and make the move. I believe my husband is about ready to jump on board as well because of the same reasons you mention.
We are planning our 4th trip this summer and hope to narrow the places we’d like to live. Right now, we’re thinking Orosi, San Isidro, or Los Santos area. Still want to check our Santiago de Puriscal.
I wish you the very best of luck on your new venture
Pura Vida!
[quote=”CritterHill”]I’ve been researching moving to Costa Rica for about 4 years and would love to liquidate tomorrow and make the move. I believe my husband is about ready to jump on board as well because of the same reasons you mention.
We are planning our 4th trip this summer and hope to narrow the places we’d like to live. Right now, we’re thinking Orosi, San Isidro, or Los Santos area. Still want to check our Santiago de Puriscal.
I wish you the very best of luck on your new venture
Pura Vida!
[/quote]We wish you all the best too! I placed the ad for our house here for rent TODAY, and within MINUTES the phone began to ring…we’ve shown it once today already, and the people looking at the house ended up buying a BUNCH of the things we had aside for our moving sale next weekend………….Stuff is FLYING out of here!
We’re excited beyond description…..won’t be long now
VMC;
You have the right set of mind to live anywhere in the world even in the Sahara desert or the North Pole.
It is people like YOU that will be missed in my community, people with that strange courage to PACK and MOVE to another place.
That is what made the USA when the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth Rock over more than 200 years ago and you are not different.
I will NOT pass judgement over you for leaving us, we need you to stay but if your fight is OVER and you believed in the “Give me your sick and tired people” to move to Costa Rica then GOOD LUCK.
You will be an asset to wherever you go and I salute your service. It is people like you that make it in life without a “CHIP” in their shoulder.
SEE you in Costa Rica in 2013, I still have to vote in 2012 and it will be my last one in the USA.
[quote=”aguirrewar”]VMC;
You have the right set of mind to live anywhere in the world even in the Sahara desert or the North Pole.
It is people like YOU that will be missed in my community, people with that strange courage to PACK and MOVE to another place.
That is what made the USA when the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth Rock over more than 200 years ago and you are not different.
I will NOT pass judgement over you for leaving us, we need you to stay but if your fight is OVER and you believed in the “Give me your sick and tired people” to move to Costa Rica then GOOD LUCK.
You will be an asset to wherever you go and I salute your service. It is people like you that make it in life without a “CHIP” in their shoulder.
SEE you in Costa Rica in 2013, I still have to vote in 2012 and it will be my last one in the USA.[/quote]
Thank you for your kind words, I wish YOU all the
best as well…..Even though I believe in my heart that our election process is so corrupt that it no longer matters WHO we vote for, I am still going to vote by absentee….I think the fix is in and we’re ALL going to have to take a bite of a huge poop sandwich……I only hope that the PEOPLE have had enough and don’t tolerate the blatant fraud perpetrated on us on a daily basis…it’s only going to be with pitchforks and torches that the people will ever take it back, and I just suspect that the sheeple have been thoroughly anesthetized and won’t wake up until the water is boiling.I hope to gleefully chronicle OUR exploits once we have arrived and settled in….I hope we all get a chance to meet. There are some damn fine people hanging out around here and I just hope to be fortunate enough to join them in a little Pura Vida.
Best to you!
Dan.
[quote=”CritterHill”]I’ve been researching moving to Costa Rica for about 4 years and would love to liquidate tomorrow and make the move. I believe my husband is about ready to jump on board as well because of the same reasons you mention.
We are planning our 4th trip this summer and hope to narrow the places we’d like to live. Right now, we’re thinking Orosi, San Isidro, or Los Santos area. Still want to check our Santiago de Puriscal.
I wish you the very best of luck on your new venture
Pura Vida!
[/quote]Don´t forget to include Lake Arenal in your travel list in case you have not been here. Lake Arenal is and has been for 20 years my home and favorite place in Costa Rica.
Don´t forget to include Lake Arenal in your travel list in case you have not been here. Lake Arenal is and has been for 20 years my home and favorite place in Costa Rica.[/quote]
I did have the chance to spend a couple of days around Lake Arenal and I think it’s gorgeous. I tend to be drawn to the higher altitude areas….those places that have fireplaces for the evening. I am SICK of hot, humid Texas summers and want some comfort in my aging years….lol. We will be spending a a day in La Fortuna during our next trip. Do you have a view of Arenal Volcano? We stayed at Arenal Observatory Lodge and I found the volcano to be awesome.
CritterHill, if it’s true that “[you are] SICK of hot, humid Texas summers and want some comfort in [your] aging years….”, then you want to be looking for an altitude higher than what you may find in the Lake Arenal vicinity.
For reference, we’re at about 4,100 feet above sea level. We have neither heat nor air conditioning and never use our ceiling fans. Overnight lows occasionally reach the upper 50s but are generally in the 60s. Daytime highs occasionally reach 80 but are generally a few degrees cooler. Our windows are open 24/365.
[quote=”CritterHill”]
Don´t forget to include Lake Arenal in your travel list in case you have not been here. Lake Arenal is and has been for 20 years my home and favorite place in Costa Rica.[/quote]I did have the chance to spend a couple of days around Lake Arenal and I think it’s gorgeous. I tend to be drawn to the higher altitude areas….those places that have fireplaces for the evening. I am SICK of hot, humid Texas summers and want some comfort in my aging years….lol. We will be spending a a day in La Fortuna during our next trip. Do you have a view of Arenal Volcano? We stayed at Arenal Observatory Lodge and I found the volcano to be awesome.[/quote]
The higher areas are definitely the better choice to live all year around with pleasant temperatures and green nature. The beaches are close and can be reached in less then 2 hours in case you want to see the ocean and get fried for a few hours or days. Myself, currently I live in Tilaran, with my kids high school close by, but I hope to move back to the Lake (and Volcano view) soon.
Our Passports arrived today and we booked our flight! We’re going to be there a little later than we wanted (The 28th, instead of the 26th) but it’s a done deal….Trish is on the laptop working out our onward tickets so we don’t have to worry about that and we are ON OUR WAY!!
[quote=”DavidCMurray”]
For reference, we’re at about 4,100 feet above sea level. We have neither heat nor air conditioning and never use our ceiling fans. Overnight lows occasionally reach the upper 50s but are generally in the 60s. Daytime highs occasionally reach 80 but are generally a few degrees cooler. Our windows are open 24/365.
[/quote]David, that weather sounds PERFECT! I want to live right next door to YOU!
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