Happy Thanksgiving from Costa Rica
The North American community in 
Here in
In my case, I will thank this wonderful year I have spent in
The North American community in 
Here in
In my case, I will thank this wonderful year I have spent in
According to a recent study conducted by the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo among 40 000 people from Latin America and the Caribbean, the happiest and most satisfied people are the
home and work environment.
Another thing that comes to mind is the fact that in Costa Rica, health services are available for everyone who needs them anytime and anywhere, both public and private practices, also, as an example, in Costa Rica, plastic surgery is one of the best in the world, not to mention way cheaper than in it is in the US.
Let’s not forget that
As you can see, it is definitely obvious why people in
Although it is sad a lot of people do search
I one of those main stream Hollywood flicks “The Sweetest Thing” actually makes a terrible and awful remark when one of the supporting characters tells one of the main characters that what he needs is to come to Costa Rica and that for “5 pesos” a girl will give him the time of his life.
Just last week A 31-year-old Reno man was arrested for allegedly coercing a 16-year-old girl from England to fly to the United States for sex then he planned on have her move with him to Costa Rica. The man actually fell for that tolerance with sex with underage girls urban legend a lot of people fall for.
As you can see,
Just like very useful and fun Tren Urbano in San Jose, Costa Rica will now implement the use of a new train, this time from the Costa Rica Capital to Heredia city the entire re-instatement project ended up costing near to $1 074 000. This awesome news was released this past October 25th by Incofer.
After all the hard, long work of the first step to get the Heredia train up and running, the first trips will take place during the third week of December as recreational trips, so people can get used to the route, check the official stops and see how long it will take the potential regular travelers to get to their destinations.
It is amazing how
The implementation of this train route is expected to help with the collapsed traffic during rush hours along the highway between Heredia and
While doing my daily research yesterday, I came across a blog very similar to this one where a woman who has apparently traveled the world her whole life writes about 
There are a least 6 concerts advertised every week for local bands that play anything from Cumbia to Heavy Metal, all with original material, not to mention Maria Jose Castillo who got 2nd place in the Latin American Idol competition just last week. So I wonder how is it that someone who has lived here for so long hasn’t been able to check how creative people are in
Actually every time I go to
If you are planning on visiting the lovely
Since I lived here for a while now, my recommendation is to get a rental villa, Guanacaste has too many beaches and they are all pretty close from each other so a villa in Guanacaste, no matter the location will give you different choices and you can use your time to its maximum: visiting natural reservoirs, volcanoes, beaches and getting into fun activities such as ATV, Canopy and snorkeling; also costs are lower, therefore you can also save some money to buy souvenirs and rent a car a for example.
Tourism in Costa Rica is one of the biggest products, sort of speak, it is one of the few countries in the world that haven’t compromise their natural resources to include technology and nowadays development. Vacation packages in Costa Rica are also not expensive at all and once you come here, you definitely fall in love with the place, I can’t begin to tell you how many people I have met that came here for a short vacation and decided to stay for good.
Another good thing about renting a Villa during you
You might wonder what the main difference is between living an entire life in the big city where technology is everywhere and development is part of the day of everybody and what is like to leave all that behind and relocate to a completely different country, such as Costa Rica, the main difference is that actually there are a whole bunch of differences.
At the beginning all my friends thought I went senile: Relocating to Costa Rica? Moving the whole family? Yes, but not because I was senile, I just got tired of the stress and the insanity of the big city.
Finding my home in
In the
Picture by Periodico Al Dia
A couple of months ago I made an entry about a Costa Rica girl who manage to be part of the top 15 contestants for the Latin version of American Idol. You can find that entry on this link: http://buildingzoneconstruction.com/costa-rica-real-estate-blog/2008/07/24/latin-american-idol-costa-rica-needs-support/. Well the contest is almost over and that
This past weekend the production of Latin American Idol allowed her to visit her family and friends and make a small video of her life in
The support given to the performer has shown that
The hopes are high and the faith is big, the
Recently the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has submitted a request to increase the electricity rate for residential customers by 30% to the ARESEP, if this request is approved a regular family in Costa Rica, that usually pays a bill of 10.000 colones (a little less than $20 ) a month will have to pay over 3.000 colones more each month. The ICE is actually pushing an increase of 46% and the 455 mil users of the Compañia Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) will come to experience and increase of almost a 56%.
There have been several increases in utilities bills during the past few months, Costa Rica is experiencing one of the fastest increases in years and a recent study confirmed that regular consumption products like rice, beans, meat, toilet paper and cleaning products are over three times more expensive now than 3 or 4 years ago. Unfortunately in
As I have published before,
Oscar Arias, Costa Rica president second time around has claimed he feels “tired” of trying to please the people which has become frustrating to all the hard working Costa Ricans that can’t see any progress at all. While properties in Guanacaste are on the most wanted list for young professionals due to the fast development of the area, prices are high and it seems property owners rather inflate their pocket with
While everyone I know is getting ready for the daylight savings time change I sit here on a hammock and rejoice on my routine: there is no daylight savings in
Usually by this time of the year I begin working on the schedule changes required on everyday life, in
Daylight savings time is practiced mostly in countries where that have the four seasons throughout the year, in Costa Rica there is only two seasons: dry and rainy therefore there are no really visible changes in the daylight, the main difference may be that it does gets darker about 20 minutes earlier than usual, but it is actually hardly noticeable.
Also, during the past few days Costa Rica weather has changed a lot and there are no more hurricane or storm threats, it has actually been very sunny and peaceful, usually September and October are the wettest months of the year so we should expect some more rain. Guanacaste beaches are receiving little more visitors than in the past three weeks and for what I experience last year the