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My wife and I run a business in Personal and Organisational development.She works full time in the business and I work half time-the remainder of the time I work for the National Health Service in the UK.We both have medical backgrounds.We visited Costa Rica in Jan 2006 and are planning to return on a 3 week trip in dec 2006.We loved the country and it’s people and we have wondered about the possibility of part time retirement there(or perhaps less!!)as we are still only in our early 50’s.We do not plan to retire from work until the age of 60-65-health permitting.We do contracted in work with companies,on a consultancy basis in the UK(training,executive coaching,psychometrics etc)and wonder if there might be any work opportunities in Costa Rica.we have decided to learn Spanish, at least to conversational level.I would be grateful to hear from anyone that might be able to advise
You should research extensively what you can and can not do as far as working in Costa Rica. Typically you can not hold a job in CR. In many cases you can own a business, but not actually work in the business. You make a very telling statement that is exactly the reason my wife and I semi-retired here at the age of 42 and 47. You said you are not going to retire until 60 to 65 years of age, (health permitting) Life is too short Peter, enjoy some of the fruits of your labor now while you have the health to do it. No one is guarenteed tomorrow, much less 10 years from now. Why work yourselves to the point of being too old and the chance of being in poor health to where you are not able to even travel to some of the places you want to see, much less go through the adventure of making a move to a foreign country. Just my two cents.
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