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Rico has great prices for telephones and he will meet you at the exit, after you clear customs. I have rented from him numbeous times in the past.
http://cellulartelephonerentals.com/
With your US based Cellular Phone you will have to have your carrier setup you phone to work in Costa Rica or world wide use where your carrier has an agreement. The ICE band used is 1850, so a tri-mode or quad-mode phone will work there.
If you have your own phone, Rica will rent a SIM card to you. His rental includes all incoming calls from anywhere in the world and all out bound calls to anywhere in Costa Rica. You can call back to the US, but the rates are extremely high, about US$2 a minute.
Using a Cell phone with an ICE calling card is the best way to go for calling back to the US. A 3,000 colones card will give you approximately 20 minutes of calling back to the States. There are three different cards… 197, 198 and 199, so called because it is printed on the front of the card and this is what you dial on a phone to use the card. The 199 card is the best, because it will have instructions in English on the card and when you dial “199” from any phone in Costa Rica.
Edited on Jul 29, 2006 16:13
I have been to Costa Rica’s Central Valley West for the last two weeks. San Ramon, Grecia, Atenas, Palmares and others towns here.
The rainy season was not what I expected. Told to me is that during July, they have what we call, in North America, an Indian Summer. It was real pleasant. Not real wet as I had expected.
Partly cloudy in the morning with a beautiful sky, until about 14:00, then the rain starts. Most of the days it was rainy starting at that time and continued until I went to bed around 21:00, then awoke to another beautiful day.
There is a factor you have missed.
What area will you build your home?
Different pricing for different areas.
San Ramon is a great little city. I have been here for the last two weeks and hate to leave.
The road I mentioned North of San Ramon near Angel Valley and Maravilla home… I have been told by several people that it is being worked on very diligently. When completed, it will connect San Corlos to San Jose and then from San Carlos to San Ramon.
Now… With three different people telling me about this road, let see if it comes to fruition and the route I have been told.
I am so nerouvuos abuot my spleenig with fionabbb wtahcnig tihs baord… har, har, rah…
Bill Maes
You have a wide range of values you are looking to purchase.
For the Palmares, Atenas, San Ramon and surrounding areas, I have used a great person with good English skills.
Jorge Ulate… Call from the US at 011-506-353-47-28 mobile and home at 011-506-453-40-50
Tell him Bill Maes sent you. He will not do anything out of the ordinary if you mention my name.
My expertise is very limited, but I know that I feel your pain.
Quepos, Dominical, Jaco, Hermosa… the list goes on for that type and style of climate.
You will find most of the Pacific coastal area in that condition, hot and unbearable. Stick around for the dry season, when there is no rain, the bugs bite, leaves fall off the trees to conserve moisture, the humidity is even higher and you can’t find a room with A/C. If you don’t like crowds and love a little solitude and don’t need a gated community, then…
If the coastal area is okay to visit and you don’t need to settle and live on the beach, and a view of the mountains and coast will work, then I would suggest that you find a place in the hills and mountains. Do a little exploring. I looked for such an area.
Driving and searching there was a nice little town with all the amenities I could want: shopping center, nice restaurants, hospitals, doctor and dentist care, movie theatre and a laid back ambiance.
There are areas WEST of this city that are off the beaten path, North and near the Autopista, relatively inexpensive, in an area with views of the surrounding mountains, Puntarenas, Nicoya Peninsula and Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Where an afternoon breeze teases the air and keeps the atmosphere with a pleasant humidity and the temperatures of 68F to 82F year round with an elevation between 2,000 and 4,000. Travel times to the airport of 45 minutes, coastal beaches of 45 minutes and 15-25 minutes to the center of the beautiful town and amenities, then…
Enough of the bull… Google: San Ramon in the Province of Alajuela.
Nice place and comfortable to me.
Bill Maes
I have never seen a way to setup an account electronically.
With the international banking community on the lookout for drug and terrorist funds being moved around the world, I don’t believe you will make this happen. This new eye on the money is getting stronger after meetings last week.
Banco de Costa Rica was a bank choice I made and a CR friend had to be with me to open a personal savings account. They said after six months of history they would allow a checking account. A checking account is not needed as a debit card can be used extensively. across the country.
With a Costa Rican Corporation, in person you can open any account that you require for your funds.
Yes. In person is the only way that I know to open an account.
I really enjoy the ride in either direction on that old road.
Anyone who is in a hurry to get to Jaco or San Jose has no business taking this road. You will probably be in an accident if you try to push for speed. Enjoy this part of Costa Rica and the slower lifestyle of the entire country. It is very pleasant with several small villages, great sodas and good scenery.
A lost 20 minutes… 30 minutes… Even 60 minutes on a “Slow Boat to Jaco” will probably keep your heart pumping a longer time than the time that is lost on this diverse ride.
Costa Rica… Don’t waste the money here. Spend it on the road and bridges between Quepos and Dominical.
I have seen heavy new road work in the mountains North of San Ramon to La Fortuna. Anyone know what is happening there???
Bill Maes
Hey Chip
I found a little beach town that was teriffic… Cauhita.
There is a new Wi-FI network now setup by one of the businesses in Cauhita.
It is right next to Cauhita National Park and doesn’t have the flavor of Limon. Limon is a place I don’t care to visit again.
This would make a great base town. There are many places to stay with rooms and A.C. We stay ed one that was on the beach and adjacent to the NP. Each room had air conditioning and was very comfortable. Cauhita is a small walk around town with many amenities to explore. You won’t go wrong in this town.
Now the killer. I can’t remember the smal hotel that we stayed in, but i had a sloth hanging from the tree, outside my room. Real cool. The hotel has a website, but I can’t find the link. We had arrived in town and had no problem finding a room. It is definately a sleepy town.
Google Cauhita and you will be able to find several great places to relax.
Let us know how you like Cauhita, if you stay there.
Bill MAes
Edited on Jul 02, 2006 06:57
Have your lawyer check online through INVU to see if the property has passed into their system.
The finca was checked this way for me by use of the corporation name to see that it was being registered.
With this link you can read and receive a better understanding about the process:
http://www.infocostarica.com/retirement/legalupdate2.html
How are your Spanish skills??? national Registry is at:
http://www.registronacional.com/
Bill Maes
Edited on Jul 01, 2006 16:29
There is a substantional time lag for registration.
Without geat detail, the topographer must draw the plane and submit it to INVU. If there are any problems with the way the plano is drawn, INVU will reject the drawing and the topographer must then re-draw and re-submit. If this is accepted, the plano is then placed in a que to be registered.
Your’s is not the only plano being registered. This is a bustling country with a vast number of planos being registered. I am waiting at nine months and no planos, yet, but very close.
Once the plano has been registered in the INVU, it must move to the next step of the registration phase, the Catastro Nacional.
Catastro Nacional is backed up, also.
You should be very close, if the plano has cleared INVU and is in the hands of the Catastro Nacional for their stamp of approval.
My topographer has been a real joy trying to get my answers, but I keep hearing, “Almost”.
Bill Maes
