tiowi
American looking for information about Costa Rica
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Registration: 24 March 2012
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New member looking for some information by gwirfs
hi, I am gary, live now in cathedral city, CA. I am professional addiction counselor, also recovering alcoholic myself, retired from working for now, and I am planning to move to costa rica in next year-looking at heredia now-to live at that ...
The only place in Heredia that has s gym and a pool is El Castillo Country Club. Read More
Sending household items to Costa Rica from USA by samramon
Anyone do this? I'm not talking about a shipping container as we aren't shipping that much stuff. What we are interested in shipping is maybe 4-6 boxes maybe 24"x24" of some household stuff like our favorite blender, nutribullet, ...
This is a message to all of you that are tired of paying "gringo price" for shiping goods from US to CR,do yourself a favor call Mario Barquero Enterprises 908 522 4560 they pickup in N.C.,FLA,NJ Read More
Anyone have experience or opinions on prefab construction of homes? by samramon
We are looking to build a home for under $30k. We are finding that to build anything of decent size for that price it pretty much limits us to prefab deals. So far we have looked at Concrepal and MaderasKodiak. Concrepal is very Tico in the sense ...
Hello samramon in San Rafael de Heredia there is a gringo that paid to build a pre-fab,after all the $$ he spent he wishes he'd build that house out off cinder block.Best wishes Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
Any medical service is about a quarter of what we pay here Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
Hi Samramon ,one of our kids lives in C.R.he's getting a masters degree in Universidad de CR,he is like you,he does not eat meat but because hi is 27 and single and eats out almost every day sometimes he complaints that money does not go very ... Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
You hit the nail right smack in the head,its about lifestyle the question is: if one is willing to sacrifice ones lifestyle ? In our case;not a chance we'll mantain or improve ours,please don't get the wrong idea we don't live a lavish ... Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
Hi SamRamon,im not going to convince you so what i can suggest to you is to move to CR and try to have a happy life with $1500 per month.Maybe my wife is correct "what's a good living for you probably won't be a happy life for us" ... Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
Sam Ramon,we have three kids the youngest is 21,when C.R. was cheap we bought this beautifull piece of land, we built a house on it that we own all we pay are property taxes this is located in San Rafael de Heredia in the province of Heredia ... Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
Hi Sam Ramon the ONLY interest I have is to give you and anybody else that reads this blog a little bit of guidence.Like i mention we are Costa Rican citizens what I mean is that we don't get "gringo price" but still we find C.R. as ... Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
We go to C.R. every year,we speak the language,we know how to get around,we have a house and a car and we are planning to go back once our youngest kid finishes college when i tell you that C.R. is as expensive as the U.S. im talking about basic ... Read More
Can you live in CR with $1500USD by rey0123
Hello, Im an american looking to leave the the US for a more laid back atmosphere. Im currently 29 years old and have a $1500 a month budget to live. My questions are: 1. What type of life can I have in CR for $1500 a month. 2. What cities are ...
An easy way to answer that ? Will be :can you live with $1500 a month where you live right now in the U.S.? I was born and raised in C.R. and i think C.R. is just as expensive as the U.S. Read More