Hi, I'm almost 65, retired and in good health. My wife and I plan on vacating for 8-9 days to Costa Rica in January-flying into San Jose. My idea is to see if retirement someplace in Costa Rica would suit us.
We want to get acquainted with the culture and lifestyle. I'm thinking we'll rent a car and travel from San Jose to the Pacific and drive south to check out the beaches. Then I was thinking we could drive over to the Atlantic side and drive back up north on that side and back to San Jose.
We'd like to find a location where retirement would be enjoyable, not in the heart of a big city but somewhat rural where we can still get to convenient shopping.etc...
We have my retirement income at about $1600 a month, plus other assets if needed. We'd rent, not buy.
So our plan is to check it out and see how it feels, so your comments and suggestions would be very much appreciated. We do not know any Spanish to speak of, and I am studying a crash Primsleur course--ha ha so at least I can ask where the bathroom is!
Richie