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Moving to Costa Rica without a clueThis forum post has messages dated from 06/25/06 through 04/14/10, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. Costa Rica - Expat (Talk for and about Expats. Living in this Costa_Rica? Let others know about it. Want to live here? Ask questions! Expat Interviews)
| Moving to Costa Rica without a clueYou know, it boggles my mind. I see it in my neighborhood and I see it on this forum: people moving to Costa Rica with no idea of what they're getting into. People with no experience of living anywhere other than the U.S. or Canada. People who have spent a month, a week, or, believe it or not, absolutely no time here!They rarely make it. They usually last about a year. They spent thousands of dollars and God knows how much time and energy on packing their worldly possesions into a container, getting it through customs, replacing the things that got stolen out of the container... only to discover that the roads are tearing apart the Mercedes, the banks close down for football matches, the wine is from Chile, and the Ticos don't do what they said they would do when they said they would do it. . . . Read the full discussion on discovery press. Learn how the blind lead the blind. |
| Maybe it is not Costa Rica that is the problem but where they are coming from? Is Costa Rica enticing them or their old "home" scaring them away? Was their life better back home? |
| Why is it to important to you to hold such a strong opinion on why someome moves to Costa Rica? Or, even how long they stay, their satisfaction level or motivations? Maybe the problem is you made those mistakes and wish to blames others for it. Everyone needs to learn their own lessons. |
|  Hi Lime Ive got to tell you your description of all who come to Costa Rica almost sounds like a good western story .. ....You know when the pioneers set out to discover the west. ie: The California gold rush .......lol. They had no Idea either . I guess the moral of the story is that alot of them made it work with great effort..... not unlike what is required today. It is a very diverse place and basically "you either love it or you hate it " its that simple. A lot of people that come here fail because of attitude and and self imposed segregation ....... ie: not wanting to learn Spanish . or live in a non Americanized community . I love it, even if the colors dont match or this is crooked or that wont fit .......lol That is just how it is. Cost Rica is a place for living in the moment and each and everyone of us has to ask ourselves why we came here . Im sure that if we are honest about it all the answers are quite similar. |
| this is a zackly what i am looking for. ver good site thanks...tomy |
| Damn that sounds like us. We sold everything and moved to Costa Rica about 2 1/2 years ago without a clue. A friend of ours was doing some type of business here and said how nice it was. The first year went through 10's of thousands of dollars looking for somewhere to live and a business to start. How exilerating it has been. We must have been out of our minds. My wife and kids put their faith in what we could do. Please don't anyone else attempt it. Unless you are willing to be adaptable and patient and try different things. Now I speak spanish enough to where I can run a successful business in Escazu. What I did was throw caution to the wind and went for it. Now our business, Time Out Tavern, has become a gringo hot spot in Escazu. We serve the best gringo food in Costa Rica and love it here. If we decided to leave it would have still been a heck of experience. Remember you can't steal second with your foot still on first. |
| My family and I are doing research on moving to Costa Rica. We have been thinking about it for a few years now. I have two sons, my second child is just tuning one on Saturday. I wanted to have my children in the states so I could be close to family. I wanted to know if any of you have small children and what sort of options there are for schooling. In addition, how do you handle heath care for you and your family? Any information would be greatly appreciated, Have a good night, Amy |
| Hi, Please visit our new Spanish Program: Christian Immersion Spanish Academy in Escazu, San Jose, at:www.cisacostarica.com |
| Any suggestions on how to find house-sitting opportunities in Costa Rica? I realize that there are a lot of Americans with second homes in Costa Rica that only live there part-time. I thought it would be mutually beneficial to find a house-sitting opportunity. My husband and I have lots of past hotel experience (maintenance, housekeeping, and front desk) that make us ideal candidates for house-sitting. Let me know if you have any ideas on how to do this... thank you! |
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We used shipcostarica.com to move to CR with great success, however, we used www.intermoves-sgcr.com for the return to the states with horrible results. They changed pricing, held our things hostage, and stole several thousand dollars of tools, stereos, etc from us. They refused to do anything about it. |
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Amy, There are lots of schools you can place your child in that are safe and secure. I live in Tamarindo and there many English and bilingual schools and preschools. Also, advice on moving down here before selling everything. Research where you are going, get on forums and ask others and plan a trip down as a vacation and research how it would be if you moved to that town. When you plan on coming down don't commit yourself to purchasing a house or condo try renting a vacation rental and test it out. I know in Tamarindo where there are quite a few schools down here for children and is a pretty big town to move to has many vacation rentals for long term and that would be perfect to rent for 3 to 6 months to see if you like living in Costa Rica before selling your life away in the states. Good luck |
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