How to Find a Lawyer If you plan to go into business, work, buy or sell property or seek long term residency status in Costa Rica, you will definitely need the services of a trustworthy and professional attorney. Your attorney can help you understand the complexities of the Costa Rican legal system, which is based on Napoleonic law. [...]
This building is located 11 miles away from Irazú Volcano, in a place called Prusia. This place is characterized by fog and cold weather. It owes its name to the surgeon that created this center, Dr. Carlos Duran Cartin. He was Costa Rica’s president for a short period (1889-1980), during this time he founded this [...]
One of the many great things about retirement in Costa Rica is the quality and affordability of domestic help and other manual labor. Maids, cooks, gardeners, childcare workers or property caretakers are all a bargain compared to North American rates for such services. In our two years here, my husband Layne and I have had [...]
I thought it was a brown shoelace, until it moved. When I opened the door to our room to alert my sleeping husband, the snake slithered inside. As my husband pondered what he could use to extricate it from our quarters, it exited voluntarily. The men at Rinconcito Lodge, near Rincon de la Vieja, were [...]
Can you find the perfect mate in Costa Rica? There are so many things to write about when discussing life in Costa Rica. Many North Americans believe relocation to Costa Rica is the answer to life’s struggles. Some US men are looking on line and communicating with Costa Rican women who they hopefully would like [...]
Update: Looks like Feb 20-27 is also available. Reading week isn’t it? —————- Not a bad Valentine’s gift! Here’s how to find it… 1. http://www.flightnetwork.com/ 2. Search for a flight from Toronto to Liberia, Costa Rica Departing: Feb 11 Returning: Feb 18 OR Departing: Feb 13 Returning: Feb 20 (For the Feb 13-20 one, pick the [...]
Free show for communities in Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Quepos and Guácimo Award winner dramaturgy for 2011 “All bureaucrats”, by writer Luis Arguedas, packs his suitcases and goes on the road to different places in our country. Residents of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago paradise, Quepos and Guácimo will enjoy this successful play that tells the story of [...]
If you are looking for a place in Costa Rica to watch Super Bowl XLVI, and see the New England Patriot take on the New York Giants, Tom Brady vesus Eli Manning in the house that Peyton Manning built in Indianapolis, then look no further than Texas BBQ in San Joaquin de Flores. This quiet [...]
A spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military’s highest-ranking astronaut, and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this May. Retired astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz, Kevin Chilton and Charles Precourt were confirmed as the 2012 honorees by the Astronaut Scholarship [...]
The dental implants belong to the most expensive dental cosmetic procedures available. Moreover, these are not only expensive, but it takes a considerable amount of time until dental implants are fitted into the mouth of the patient. In order to have access to extremely fast and quality mini dental implant procedures, more and more patients [...]
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