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san ramón your posts are intelligent and insightful and a pleasure to read. Sorry that my posts often seem negative but hey I am a happy person and negative is a part of life i am just trying to report accurate info as I see it I am not selling or ... Read More

the real costa rica is a promotional website that tries to make money for the owner and has no interest in givng any real and or negative information about CR, actually those of us who live here think it along with Scott Oliver´s we love costa ... Read More

Jerry, thanks for the thanks, I do want to take issue with some comments on this subject. I can drive a car, a truck, a horse a motorcycle a boat and an airplane. No group of any of these people are all idiots. It just so happens that many bikers ... Read More

I bought the seeds in EPA and just threw them in a pot and forgot about them. Sincé I had never seen them growing I didnt know that they had ferny type growth. So I had to look on the Internet at images. anyway I have never seen the seeds for ... Read More

The growing season is longer in the tropics because the days are only 11-12 hours. Its not like Canada or the US where you can have 18 hour days. So I dont believe you will be able to go from seed to harvest in four months here you might get some ... Read More

hi Jerry you have to take a written and drivers test. The testing guy cant ride with you so he watches you go around a couple of cones ----very easy. A good lawyer can go get you a license w/o you going anywhere near the drivers agency---- that is ... Read More

There are all the seeds you need here, there are farmer supply stores everywhere and EPA the home depot of CR has a lot of seeds plus plus already started plants. For a lark I purchased some asparagus seeds I knew they grew in CR but didnt know ... Read More

Hi Jerry no I do not want to live in the U.S. I think life has seen its peak there at least for the next 20 years. I came to Costa Rica 22 years ago to leave the bad diet, bad climate, bad stress, litiguous U.S. culture. 22 years ago Costa Rica ... Read More

International Living ranking Costa Rica the 5th best place to retire is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard. 11 U.S. citizens have been murdered here in the last 2 years and there have been almost no investigations. The pólice ... Read More

Brian /topper The reason why about 50,000 U.S. citizens live here (these are embassy figures) come down to 3 reasons. 1. They let us live here without very much harassment most places simply wont let you stay very long. 2. The climate is good ... Read More

I dont recommend bus travel for the following reasons. 1. As a gringo they often dont stop to pick u up at your stop and likesise wont let you off at your stop they are just harassing you playing a weird costa rican game to show their ... Read More

You will need a special motorcycle drivers license doesnt mater the size of the motor if it has any motor at all you need a license. Also watch for the holes they cause a lot of crashes. Me two crashes and my wife one because of holes at ... Read More

I dont believe that one can live on -$600 one person in Cr. I had a freind he tried it for a while. He was paying $300 for a dive apt. in a bad neihborhood mignt as well have been in downtown Cleveland, and eating cooking at home he had _$700 ... Read More

I live on $1000 per month very frugally 2 people. Me and my wife dont drink. My house is paid for but would rent for about $850 a month. We dont travel much and never out of the country. The most expensive restaurant we go to is $10 per meal we ... Read More

Hello I cam here at age 37 20 years ago. I have never had a job that paid $1000 a month in all those 20 years, the most I ever made was $800. I have 7 years of university and speak almost perfect Spanish. 20 years ago I fit category 3 Young ... Read More