gst1212
American looking for information about Costa Rica
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Registration: 10 February 2025
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Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
"... more to be PITIED than censured."Same stuff, different day. Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
To put it in the first person, he would echo the famous refrain of Sergeant Schultz, played by John Banner, on "Hogan's Heroes": "I know nothing." He's a poor, delusional creature, more to be pities than censured. Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
You miss the point continuously, so why bother?E.g., indefensible comments like, "you have to be rich to live in Costa Rica" as an expat.Lots of people live comfortably in C.R. on $1,500.00 USD/month.Many expats have no interest in becoming ... Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
More trolling that continues to unravel. Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
d. April 11, 1856 Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
The Moras expelled the Filibusterer, William Walker?Wait... I thought the leader of his expulsion, and the national hero, was Juan Santamaria.Are the Moras depicted in any statues in Alajuela or have international airports named after them?Or a ... Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
Basic Summary: a Quick ReadCosta Rica now under US travel warningStory by Joe LombardiDec 09 Key takeawaysUS Embassy warns of rising robberies, extortion, and property crimes targeting tourists and foreign residents, including forced ATM withdrawals ... Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
Lowest Dollar Rate Since 2005 Squeezes Costa Rica’s High Season TourismTico TimesBy Tico TimesDecember 6, 2025Costa Rica Exchange RateThe dollar exchange rate in Costa Rica has sunk to its lowest point since 2005, raising concerns across the ... Read More
Relocating and business opportunities. by egatewood
Moving, Cost of living, business opportunities
Re.: Cost of living.If one can find a rental unit that consists of the following items, then expat living in C.R. can be quite affordable, relative to the high cost of living in many parts of the USA (other expats or potential expats from other ... Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
CR COLON Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
If one should elect to subscribe to the daily WAVE app's current conversion rate update indicator, one could plot the downward slope of the weakening of the USD versus the RC Colon.in recent years.The exchange rate of the dollar has declined in ... Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
FLUCTUATING CURRENCY: USDs [Dollar drops 27% over three years].< Tico Times (1123.2025Dollar Hits 17-Year Low in Costa Rica as Tourism Feels the ... Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
@edwinemora A further trollLacking English comprehension.So boring. Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
Coupled with a DOWNTURN in.. Read More
Visiting CR at end of March 2025 by bpwald
Hi, my husband and I live in the Washington DC area and are considering retirement locations. We're looking at not-too-hot and humid places like the central valley in CR. Anyone with suggestions of towns to consider, places to go during our visit, ...
CRIME:TICO TIMES featured a story this week concerning the decline of tourism in Costa Rica, resulting in the loss of 50,000 jobs in related industries, coupled with a town turn in expats relocating to C.R.A principal reason appears in this STEM ... Read More