Schools for alternative medicine

Re vegetarian lifestyle living in CR:  I've been a vegetarian most of my 60 years.  Living in Costa Rica, at least for me, it is difficult, well, next to impossible to find good veggie food... in the area that I live in.

I live over an hour from any larger cities so my selection is limited. If you are closer to the Escazu area you have a lot more choices.   One of the few things that I do miss about the States is the veggie products that you can easily purchase - soy bacon, soy sausage (ohhh, I miss that one), etc., the pre-made type products.  Yes, you can cook with beans, etc., etc., but I like the pre-made stuff.  I'm sure some would consider it "junk food for vegetarians."  But it is of course a much healthier choice than meat products and you're not killing animals in the process.

Price Smart just started stocking Boca Burgers so I was thrilled about that.  When I or my daughter take trips to the States we bring back a bunch of soy products.

As with many things here, you find ways around what you "were" used to and you just compensate with an alternative.

- Expat Dave