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[quote=”jhicks920″]Does anyone know if i can leave the country to go to the us today and come back on Sunday monring i know i am supposed to wait 72 hours but i heard they will still let me back in. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Joe[/quote]
My wife flew to Tampa one day to take the grandkids home and returned the next day on a round trip ticket – no problem with immigracion, except she had to prove that she still had an “exit ticket” for a later date.
It was confusing because she flew in/out of SJO on Spirit, and her “exit ticket” was several weeks later out of LIR on Delta. Immigracion had a hard time understanding that, but although she had no proof with her she just kept insisting that it was fact (it was) and they finally allowed her to pass through.
The sad part of the story is that she was so frustrated with the ordeal she forgot to make my requested stop at the downstairs duty free store!
You can not get any better advice than has been provided by Marvilla & David. [b]DON’T DO IT![/b] There are hundreds of posts on this forum recounting the troubles that thousands of gullible people have had after doing just what you are considering. Until you get here and do all of the research and due diligence detailed by David, [b]”JUST SAY NO!”[/b]
[quote=”sprite”][quote=”costaricabill”][quote=”sprite”] I go my way.[/quote]
Please do![/quote]
You usually have something more substantial to offer than a personal attack. Is that the best you can come up with?[/quote]
Come on Sprite, don’t be so sensitive! It wasn’t intended as a “personal attack” – those attacks rarely, if ever, are 100% in agreement with the “attackee”, and seldom start with the word “Please”.
I was and am in agreement with you that you should go your way! What fault can you find with that?
There is one question that I have though:
As a little boy, teenager, young man or adult, did you ever get your finger(s) or hand (or other extremity) caught in a gate somewhere?You seem to have a very strong personal prejudice against gates and gated communities. Somehow you seem to introduce your gated community prejudice into many of the threads that have nothing to do with gates or communities.
What, in your mind, constitutes a “gated community”.
In your view, is a high rise condo a gated community? Most of them have gates on the parking areas and at all of the entries and exits, and most of them have guards as well.
If a single, free standing family home has a porton and a gate and a fence, is that a gated community?
If several homes are clustered behind a gate and fence that runs along the road but not along the sides or back of the property, is that a gated community?
I know that for you to “go my way” it will not include a gated community, so I am just trying to find out where you will not be!
I will agree with you that there are all too often some very obnoxious gringos flying to and from Costa Rica, whether the other port be Miami, Atlanta, Lauderdale, Houston or wherever! Maybe some of them are inclined to be obnoxious because they are “banksters”, or maybe it is because they, and you, had to pass through a “gate” to get on the airplane!
OK, I make no claims of being a macro or micro economist, and I’m certainly no expert on foreign relations, but I don’t understand why congress can’t consider passing a bill that instructs the Secretary of State to send a diplomatic message to every government that receives foreign aid from the US, something like
“Dear Mr. Foreign Ambassador,
As you are aware, it is no secret that the USA is suffering a serious financial crisis. Until such time that we can get our own house in order, we find it necessary to modify our policy on foreign aid. We want to treat everyone fairly, and equally, and we want you to have time to make your own financial adjustments, so this letter is to advise you that starting in 2012, your country, along with every other country, will receive 50% of the amount you received in 2011. And that’s not all. In 2013, it will be reduced an additional 50% to a level that is equal to 25% of the 2011 amount. We will see how we are doing at time and let you know if further reductions or total elimination will be in order for 2014 and subsequent years.
Thank you for understanding why this is necessary, but until such time as we are once again on firm financial footing, “the candy store closed”.
Have a nice day.
Signed Secretary of State Hillary (I’m so glad I’m not president) Clinton”I know it is a very simplistic approach, but maybe that is what is necessary – a simple, across the board, equal plan that turns off the ATM machine on foreign aid, and then we should do the same on all these wacko entitlements and earmarks.
And by the way, my social security and your social security and everyone else’s social security is NOT AN ENTITLEMENT. It is OUR MONEY, or at least it WAS our money.
I get so angry every time I hear some politician or talking head say, “and we still have to address how to increase revenues and the question of social security, Medicare and other entitlements”.
OK, another cup of coffee and I’ll be fine, but I already feel better.
[quote=”sprite”]Your so called “push back” is what is known as a fallacious argument because it does not address my points, rather it attempts to malign my sexual energies as some kind of proof for your argument.
Try using fewer emotional and unsubstantiated opinions (“can’t get it up?”) and less adjectives like “drivel” and, instead, use more facts and nouns. Otherwise, you just come off as a frustrated little child lacking the intellect to carry on a substantive conversation. And I suspect you can do better.[/quote]
Sprite – in the context of this discussion, would it not be more appropriate to refer to a “fellatios argument” rather than a “fallacious argument”?
[quote=”Disabled Veteran”]Have any other members purchased a sailboat in Costa Rica? I live part-time in Guancaste, and am currently researching sailboat and marina options. I would greatly appreciate any information and advice, that anyone could provide.[/quote]
I have a friend that purchased a used 22′ day-sailer and had it shipped in from the States. He paid all the duty, hired an attorney to assist with and file all required registration documents, had the CR Coast Guard inspection and waited for his CR registration. Instead, after several months his attorney received official notice that the boat could not be registered in CR until and unless he could provide legal proof that it had been “de-registered” in the state where he bought it (Louisiana). Then if he could get that document, it had to go through a similar process as applying for registry (Secretary of State’s office for apostile, CR Consulate’s office for authentication, etc.).
Lesson learned – if you buy a boat in CR make sure it is already registered with and in good standing with CR Coast Guard.
What size boat are you considering? Also, it won’t take long to research the marina opportunities in Guanacaste, and I don’t think you’ll be happy with your findings!
[quote=”smekuly”]Guys
Reading all these forum posts regarding costa rica this costa rica that. its time just to decide on a specific goal and start working towards it.
enough about why the dollar fell and why this and why that. whats wrong with the U.S. and everything else
lets speak of solutions and new opportunities.
the formula.
10% identifying the problem and 90% towards a solutions.
Scott
why don’t you create a separate forum that lets the doers on this forum if they have the time to discuss all the achievements while learning a new country.
don’t get me wrong as I myself have partaken to the misery
but no more.
smekuly[/quote]
Scott – if you had a forum only for the “non-doers”, then Sprite would end up talking to himself over and over, and only to himself!
[quote=”DavidCMurray”]” . . . 2, 4, 7, 8, & 12 . . .”, eh? I think the recommended daily dosage of scotch is one finger per grandchild, Bill.[/quote]
Thank you, Doctor. I agree – and if that doesn’t help perhaps you could re-issue my perscription and include multiplication…… 2x4x7x8x12
“Natilla” is “sour cream” and either you guys need to stop writing about it or I need to stop reading about late at night! Discovering that I had no “loaf” of fresh bread, I had to resort to finding the keys to the bodega, digging through the freezer to find the English Muffins, popping one into the toaster and enjoying a late night snack. After toasting the muffin, I sampled one side with “natilla” and the other with “queso crema” – equally enjoyable!
Now, two fingers of scotch, my nightly portion of medications, and a longer walk in the morning!
I already know what you health nuts are going to tell me, so don’t bother. I’m enjoying my life, and we have 5 of our young grandkids (2, 4, 7, 8 & 12) visiting for a month, so I am re-portioning the scotch to 3 fingers! Eat your granola and leave me alone – as far as the grand kids are concerned we are great, Samara is great, and Costa Rica is great, and they enjoy being here with us.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll buy a fresh loaf of bread at the panaderia and share with them.
Viva Bien Este Vida!
up until a year or so ago I was never an iDevice person. I still use the PC for Word, Excel, etc., but we now have an iTouch, 2 iPhones, an iPad and Apple TV, and with the exception of the Apple TV, the other iDevices are attached to our hip and travel with us everywhere we go! One of the apps we really like is iHeart radio. We can listen to radio stations in Atlanta (where our daughter & family live, Tampa (where we used to live and our son and family still reside) and Houston (where we were raised and my wife’s mom still lives). So we can keep up with all of the “local” news aa well as the national news and talk shows.
The more apps I try, the more I like the iStuff!Both my wife and I have overstayed our 90 days a week or two a couple of times. We went to airport in SJO not knowing what to expect, and there was no issue with either the airline or immigracion officer(s). We know other people who have done the same thing (overstayed, then flew out) and no one has indicated any issues.
The primary fear, as I understand it, is if you are over 90 days and get stopped by Transito Policia, then you have a problem.
I might suggest that you make a copy of your passport picture page but not the “stamp page” and just carry that with you after you have exceeded the 90 days. If you get stopped by police, give them the copy of the passport picture page and play dumb as it relates to the need to also have the stamp page.[quote=”davidmarsden”]We are arriving San Jose in mid November. We have been advised by the owner of the home we are renting to get a 4-wheeler. Is this necessary? Where isplace best place to rent a car or 4-wheeler?[/quote]
If you are arriving in San Jose and STAYING in San Jose you shouldn’t need more than a sedan and full coverage insurance. If you are traveling outside of San Jose (and I hope you are, otherwise you really won’t enjoy what Costa Rica has to offer) then it depends on where you are going. In any event, you probably don’t want to have the “4-wheeler” (ATV) experience until you get to where you are going. I imagine your owner was in all probability talking about a small 4 wheel drive SUV. Let us know where you are going and there will be someone here to give you the best advice on your destination.
[quote=”ricardo_cr”]A complex subject to be sure but as in most things the position makes sense when we understand the facts.[/quote]
And the “fact” still remains – it is hypocritical for CR to take one side in the States while thay practice the complete opposite at home!
crb
(with my passport and entramite in my pocket, as always, as required, and as “estupid” as it gets!)[quote=”aguirrewar”]you make your own conclusions based on the numbers
and I do have property in CR[/quote]
After living here full time for the past 2 1/2 years, I can assure you that the cost of living here, and the VALUE of living here can not be quantified entirely in dollars and cents.
Sure, you and others quote all of the statistics about the cost of this and the price of that, but I assure you that those same costs and prices have increased almost everywhere else, especially in the US.
As I always tell our visiting friends and family, “It is not inexpensive to live here, but it is definately less expensive to live here!”, especially when you add in the “back home” costs of real estate taxes, health insurance, etc.
