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[quote=”costaricabill”][quote=”costaricafinca”][b]If[/b] asked at all, it will probably when you check in for your return trip to Costa Rica.[/quote]
In the States? Why would they know or care?[/quote]
Because airlines are charged with the duty of verifying that their passengers are either legal residents (including en tramite) of Costa Rica, OR have evidence of a return flight, or at least an ongoing flight leaving Costa Rica. They are subject to a $10,000 fine if they fail to do this and a passenger is denied entry to CR and returned to the US. The Comprobante with the Expediente number is evidence that they are not required by Costa Rica to leave the country every 90 days, thus a return ticket is not required. Check in personnel at gates would lose their job if they did not check and caused their employer that huge fine.
Right by Los Sueños Resort in Herradura, Puntarenas:
[url=http://gatogordogolfcart.com/carts-for-sale/]Gato Gordo Golf Carts[/url]Jim
Living life slowly in Santa Rosa de Poás[quote=”DavidCMurray”]…evidence that these people are clinically mentally ill or that either of them has been on Ritalin or anything else? …[/quote]
David, I am not going to go back through all the Panama Guide posts on these two, but I recall allegations that when Wild Bill was running the fitness center in North Carolina that he was using steroids…
And if that is so and he was still using…, then we have all heard of ” ‘roid rage”. Which in my opinion does not make for a valid defense. And because of his “cooperation” with the Panama authorities, Panama Guide reported that he may be entitled to a reduction in his sentence. That would certainly be unfortunate.Jim
Living life slowly in Santa Rosa de Poás[quote=”F.A Skippy”]Don’t forget the dippity doo so you can spike your hair up and look like a rooster.[/quote]
Come on, Skippy, you need to strive more for accuracy :D.
It’s not dippety doo, it is “Moco de Gorila” (one of the more common products I’ve seen on store shelves here). You don’t even have to know Spanish, the label’s graphics make it clear that one is buying “Gorilla Snot”. Mmmm, boy!Jim
Santa Rosa de Poás[quote=”2BNCR”]…corrupted to become an ecological solgan.[/quote]
All the Ticos I know use “pura vida” as a general greeting, and perhaps sometimes in the ironic sense of the original Mexican comedian. I haven’t heard any Ticos use it in the “corrupted” ecological since. I would guess that that usage has been promulgated by tour operators.
I also don’t see, even if true, how the evolution of the use of “pura vida” from the ironic to the ecological sense could be characterized as a “corruption”.
Jim
Santa Rosa de Poás[quote=”DavidCMurray”][quote=”Scott”]PS… Bimbo is a big Costa Rica bread company ….[/quote]
Hmmm . . . I thought Bimbo was a Mexican company. Anybody know fer shure?[/quote]
According to Wikipedia, yes, Bimbo is a Mexican company founded in 1945. They are now the 5th largest food company in the world, and as of 2008 [i][b]is the largest bakery company in the USA[/b][/i] I have seen the familiar Bimbo trucks in Southern California, but I do not believe it is distributed throughout the US.
Jim
Santa Rosa de Poás[quote=”GreciaBound”] …professional sales call center…[/quote] I haven’t had any direct experience with this but that is surely an oxymoron! Ain’t nuthin’professional about them!
Jim
Santa Roas de Poás[quote=”DavidCMurray”]After all, after one you can’t tell the difference anyway.[/quote]
Ah, David, I must disagree with you there. That statement is true when you are talking about bad beer. However, when you are drinking a fine West Coast craft or micro-brewed ale, you are talking about a different liquid altogether. Those ales are one of the finer things I miss in Costa Rica. I love flying Frontier when I go to the US, because upon landing in Denver, the first thing I do after Customs is head for the Chop House and Brewer (conveniently located in the Frontier terminal,after clearing TSA for the next leg of my journey) for a very fine India Pale Ale.
I am strongly considering brewing my own ales here, but haven’t taken the time to get the necessary equipment together.Pura birra (and particularly if it is a fine craft ale),:D ,
Jim
Santa Rosa de PoásDavid,
I do not personally know of an electrician, but on another forum, this person has been highly recommended: Dan Schild who is a US trained electrician, accustomed to completing installations to real world standards. 8388-5437 or 2453-2155. The recommendation does not speak to his ability to deal with ICE or willingness to travel. It is someplace to start, however.
Jim PLike David, I often signal to pedestrians that I’m yielding to them, and the genuine smiles of gratitude sent my way are worth it! I also sometimes yield to other drivers – with a hand signal so there’s no doubt what I’m doing – and while smiling less than the pedestrians, I do sometimes receive small smiles of acknowledgement.
JimWee correction. Charles Zeller is shiptocostarica. Barry Wilson is shipcostarica. Very confusing!
Jim…but will they sell for that?
I paid virtually the same price as you also two years ago for my 10,850 meters, about 15 minutes NE of Grecia. By the time the infrastrucure is in place this fall, I will have another $1.25 per meter in it. Has privacy, good view, rio along one boundary. I feel confident I could easily sell it (don’t want to) for a significant profit, but for 3 to 4 times the purchase price? I think not. These prices seem overinflated to me, probably due to the “all gringos are rich syndrome”. I suppose some may bite at those prices, but those are the ones who drive up the prices for everyone.The house we will build next year will have rain chains. I’ve admired them for years. You don’t see many in the US but several garden stores in my little town of 70K carry them. In the US, they are usually are copper or aluminum. Most of the ones I’ve seen in CR are iron, not plastic. You can anchor them at the drain on the ground, and you don’t have to worry about the wind. With an adequate drain, they work really well.
Diatomaceous Earth will really only work in summer. It rains so hard in the rainy season that it would have to be reapplied daily. You’d go through a large and costly supply rather quickly. Give David’s “Dawn” suggestion a try.
Jim
Dave’s answer is spot on. We live in Medford, Oregon, for one more year. Molly is an allergy sufferer. Every time we’ve been in CR, whether the Central Valley or on the Pacific, she’s had no problems at all. Of course, sometimes it takes time for new allergies to appear! Less expensive medical treatment, drugs, and the attitude – if you’re going to have allergies anyway, what better place to have them than Costa Rica. Besides, I’m tired of Medford’s 90+ degree summers, even if it is low humidity heat! Cental Valley, here I come!
Jim
