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davidgarcia1
Spanish expat in Costa Rica
Forum posts
6
Contacts
3
About me
Spanish
Lives in Puerto Jimenez
Speaks Spanish, English, German
Registration: 29 March 2011
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Safety in Costa Rica by Christine
Hi, We would like to talk about a sensitive but important topic: do you feel safe in Costa Rica? How would you define the level of safety in the country? Can you walk safely during the day and at night without any fear? Do you think ...
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The Tico government hides from us the number of crimes in each town or village, police aren´t allowed to report those cases to the public. My house got broken into, I lost my laptop, gps and a couple of other things. Read More
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Safety in Costa Rica by Christine
Hi, We would like to talk about a sensitive but important topic: do you feel safe in Costa Rica? How would you define the level of safety in the country? Can you walk safely during the day and at night without any fear? Do you think ...
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Alcohol and other drugs consumption has a lot to do with violent crime or theft. Add to this that the police-judicial system protect drug addicts and violent criminals. Read More
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Top 5 tips to live in Costa Rica by expat.com
Hi, When you are going to live abroad, you may have a lot of questions. Hence to facilitate you in this process, we are inviting expats to share their top 5 tips with regards to settling and living in Costa Rica. What recommendations would you ...
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Don´t drink alcohol or do drugs! you will mix up with the wrong people only to suffer the bad consequences Read More
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Osa Peninsula by williewilma
Anyone living presently or in the past on the Osa Peninsula? If so, what is your opinion of it as a place of residence? Sure looks beautiful. Thx
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I live in Puerto Jimenez, I like it, it has nice places around, a lot of theft but no muggings as far as I know. my skype David.garcia.spain Read More
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Hello from Paris, France by rod&clo
Hello Everybody, we are a french couple who have lived abroad in Spain and French west indies for 7 years and are now back to France in the basic arrogant french style ;) We are now very much looking forward to move to another country such as ...
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CR is more unsafe than Nicaragua or Panama. People here don´t trust the pólice, the judicial system supports the criminals more than in Spain. Come here with the money you need and nothing else, very expensive anyway. Read More
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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 ...
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good luck with your abstinence, i don´t drink alcohol now for 18 years and living in Puerto Jimenez Read More