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[quote=”Scott”]It’s certainly not cheap…[/quote]
That also applies to Fogo Brasil. Steaks are good to very good depending on which & when [but service is spotty. Waitstaff often pretends (?) ‘no hablo Ingles’.
Very hectic on Fri & Sat nights.
100m norte de las agencia Nissan, Sabana Norte, just off Calle 40.
Plenty of customer reviews on TripAdvisor.com
PEH[quote=”Scott”]It’s certainly not cheap…[/quote]
That also applies to Fogo Brasil. Steaks are good to very good depending on which & when [but service is spotty. Waitstaff often pretends (?) ‘no hablo Ingles’.
Very hectic on Fri & Sat nights.
100m norte de las agencia Nissan, Sabana Norte, just off Calle 40.
Plenty of customer reviews on TripAdvisor.com
PEH[quote=”sweikert925″]
The only means that I am aware of to tap directly into solar energy is by means of solar panels. Are you proposing that CR install solar panel farms as the US does in the desert southwest? Do we really want thousands of these taking up space all over the landscape?[/quote]Much of electricity is generated by steam turbines. The difference is that the ultimate energy source to make steam comes from many sources [coal,oil,gas,nuclear, geo]. Pilot projects have used mirrors to collect, focus, and concentrate solar energy to several hundreds (thousands?)degrees Celsius to make steam – negating the need for hectares of solar panels. (and also negating the need for potential killing of anything that flies, via wind turbines). Not practical for individual homes, but becoming less expensive for governments that are innovative and forward-looking. (Well, that lets C.R. out of the running).:roll:
[quote=”Scott”]Having dealt with the Hacienda (Costa
All governments – most of which which are bankrupt – have to get more aggressive at collecting taxes that are owed now and will try hard to implement new taxes in the future….
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Many, many people tune in here with questions and intentions of moving to Costa Rica. The advantages of C.R. are many: social, climatic, and personal – they have been discussed in many forums.The World Economic Forum has issued it 2012-2013 report on global competitiveness and ,though Costa Rica’s rating has improved slightly, it’s not all that great. The report can be downloaded at:
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2012-13.pdfThe overall ranking: 57 of 144 countries, sandwiched in between Slovenia and Cyprus. The criteria and C.R.’s ranking are:
Basic requirements 67
Institutions 53
Infrastructure 74
Macroeconomic environment65
Health/education 57The report says (according to a Tico Times story), in order to get closer to the higher-income and more innovative countries, Costa Rica must confront at least 16 problems, the report states. The most challenging are excessive bureaucracy, poor transport infrastructure, difficulty in accessing financing, excessive tax regulations and corruption.
I have not read the entire report, but having been a one-time inhabitant of and frequent visitor to, C.R since 1979, This assessment seems accurate to me. And in the past decade these very problems seem to be accelerating despite the earlier report; as a whole IMHO the country is less welcoming to immigrants (which is what we are) than it was just 10 years ago.
While most (all?) governments are corrupt, C.R.’s would rank higher than 57, I believe.[quote=”elindermuller”]I have a great book, unfortunately (for non-German speakers) it is in German. The title is “Pflanzen der Tropen” which means Tropical Plants. It has pretty much every plant (ornamental and food plants) that I have seen in Costa Rica so far. And it has the common names and the scientific names. I am sure there are similar books available in English.[/quote]
Pricey: $97 on Amazon (used, about $75
elindermuller said:
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Well, I hope your wife does not speak like that guy…..he sounds like someone just stole his “Schnupfdawak”[/quote]For another take on German, read Mark Twain’s ‘The Awful German Language’: http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html
But he really appreciated German [that is, as a source of humor: “Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth.”
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court[quote=”sweikert925″]Mostly history and culture. [/quote]
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Send me your email address and I will forward a PDF of ‘The Cartago Earthquake 1910’. The good old days, 103 years and 4 months ago, when Cartago was the capital city.[quote=”bogino”][b]OH BROTHER[/b]…..Does this mean Starbucks will be raising the price of their [b]LOUSY[/b] coffee from $4.00 to $6.00 or more? :evil::evil:[/quote]
Not surprisingly, Starbuck’s has ‘a plan’, partly rational, partly P.R. mush – and not surprisingly, not a mention of price increases:
http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/climate-changeBut global change is just that – global. So you can expect to lighten your moneybag across the board. Perhaps we need another Chixulub.
silly me – I thought the topic was a discussion about the relationship and consequences of the U.S. economy to that of Costa Rica. Instead, we are treated to anti-U.S. polemics and daily cannonades of Sweikert-versus-WLCR.
I was expecting that beloved moderator would terminate the diatribes and suggest that PMs are more appropriate for those who slaver wide-eyed their convictions [or could it be that he enjoys the bashings from the left and the right?][quote=”NancyRoman”]Thank you so kindly. I appreciate your input. I will play it safe and carry toilet paper and soap.[/quote]
Not to belabor the subject of personal disposal needs, but in some towns the public facilities [Grecia, por ejemplo]often has a person standing outside who, for a few colones, will sell you sheets of toilet paper. Still, best to carry a small packet of tissues.
(funny, this type of intimate advice to visitors is otherwise hard to come by except in a forum like this):wink:[quote=”sprite”]Anyone who is NOT gay and is concerned about this topic has been manipulated and distracted away from more pressing matters. (see Scott’s posting)[/quote]
…..such as noticias, ayuda y consejo concerning Costa Rica
[quote=”johnnyh”]http://vianica.com/go/specials/18-lake-nicaragua.html
It could be an ecological disaster primarily to Nicaragua and secondarily to C.R. It is a fresh water lake after all![/quote]The consequences would almost certainly be extensive and tragic to land and freshwater communities [human and otherwise]; not so much to marine life, if the Panama Canal is a model.
To my knowledge there are only 3 fish that have successfully made the trip between the two oceans; there are also several seaweeds which have survived from the Caribbean to the Pacific, but do not thrive there, probably because [nonhuman] herbivores eat them up.
Transfers from one ocean to the other is mostly accomplished by things that live on ship hulls, or via ballast water [some ships are required to take on seawater as ballast before transiting the canal, for balancing purposes]. Then there’s the man-eating bull shark which has invaded from the ocean via the San Juan River and become adapted to the fresh water of Lago de Nicaragua.
On land it’s a different matter. Since Panama took over the canal, there has been lots of degradation of surrounding land [deforestation, poor farming practice, erosion] with various pollution problems in Gatun Lake [fertilizers, pesticides, sediment].
Doesn’t look too good, ecologically, for Nicaragua. Not that the government cares much.:cry:
[quote=”ddspell12″]Beleive me the Chinese govt does not have the good will or interest of Costa Rica or it’s people at heart. They only view this as another avenue of bolstering their economy. Wolves come in sheeps clothing.[/quote]
In 1899-1901 the Righteous Harmony Society reacted violently to unwanted foreign economic domination and subversion of society. The response by foreign military intervention resulted in many atrocities on both sides and well over a hundred thousand deaths. We know it more familiarly as the Boxer Rebellion in China, and the foreign dominators were Britain, the U.S., Germany, Russia, and Japan. It changed the course of history in China.
Now, ironically, we have the Chinese exerting economic domination (and some would add, societal subversion) in numerous countries around the world, including Costa Rica, and possibly Nicaragua if canal plans go forward..Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. ? Edmund Burke
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Mmmmm…. Lizano…[/quote]For those lurkers and Lizano addicts who live in central Florida, you can get Salsa Lizano, oceanside in Melbourne, at a strip mall specialty grocery store on A1A [forget the name]. It’s less expensive there than internet purchases.[/quote]
correction: it’s Melbourne Beach Market in Melbourne Beach -and who would not drive many miles [or kilometers] for Salsa Lizano?
