It was hard to tell over the phone. But I think my mother was in tears when I broke the news that we were moving to Costa Rica. Most of our friends were shocked. Others just couldn’t understand why anyone would want to live outside the United States. In short, everybody thought we were crazy for trying to make a new life overseas.
Whether it’s as a place to retire or just vacation, if Costa Rica is on your list, then at some point you’re likely to find yourself in San José, the country’s bustling capital. It’s a major transportation hub and the nation’s main international airport is just outside of town. It also has the best public and private medical care in the country. With beach and lakeside towns and cool highlands to chose from in Costa Rica, San José is not likely to top your list as a place to live, but it definitely has some worthwhile diversions to recommend it.
At 6,000 feet, Costa Rica’s tropical climate has given way to cool. Temperatures are generally in the 60s F year-round, 50 F on a cold day. Yet Sara Clark, who lives on Poas Mountain above the Central Valley towns of Grecia and Sarchí, calls her homestead paradise. “I live up in the clouds with the angels,” she says. “My family always prided itself on self-sufficiency and Yankee ingenuity,” explains Sara. She’s brought both with her to Costa Rica, where she’s content among the few families who live on this part of the mountain.
A comprehensive look at what makes this country appealing to anyone considering calling Costa Rica home, including cheap healthcare, bargain real estate, low cost of living, natural beauty, a relaxed lifestyle, and, of course, friendly people.
Costa Rica is a small country, but it has a wide variety of climates and landscapes within its borders. Want to live on the beach? How about in the mountains...or the jungle...or in a bustling market town? Get all the details in this presentation.
A comprehensive look at what makes this country appealing to anyone considering calling Costa Rica home, including cheap healthcare, bargain real estate, low cost of living, natural beauty, a relaxed lifestyle, and, of course, friendly people.
A comprehensive look at what makes this country appealing to anyone considering calling Costa Rica home, including cheap healthcare, bargain real estate, low cost of living, natural beauty, a relaxed lifestyle, and, of course, friendly people.
Costa Rica is a small country, but it has a wide variety of climates and landscapes within its borders. Want to live on the beach? How about in the mountains...or the jungle...or in a bustling market town? Get all the details in this presentation.
Costa Rica is a small country, but it has a wide variety of climates and landscapes within its borders. Want to live on the beach? How about in the mountains... or the jungle... or in a bustling market town? Get all the details in this presentation.
When we moved to Costa Rica’s Central Valley, one of the things my five-year-old son said he would miss most about the States was going out for Saturday breakfast. In particular, the whipped-cream and strawberry-smothered Belgian waffles he always ordered. (Okay, I like them, too.) But our weekly tradition lives on. Just 50 minutes on a modern highway from our home in Grecia is The Waffle Place, in the San-José suburb of Escazú.