[LINDA ROSEKAIN]

Hi, we were in CR Nov. / Dec. of 2013. We spent one week in Tamarindo and one week in Atenas. Very different from each other, Tamarindo being a tourist town is more expensive and did not have the same level of friendliness that Atens did. Weather in Tamarindo was humid and it didn’t seem to be as clean of an area as Atenas. Atenas is a very small, quaint and extremely friendly town with a good xpat community. People went out of there way to make us feel welcome everywhere we went in Atenas. Anther plus is that Atenas is close to San Jose, lots of conveniences. When renting a car be sure to get a GPS, and I would be careful driving outside of town after dark as there are spots in some roads where there are huge potholes and / or 2 foot of the asphalt road sunk away for sometimes several feet. We drove in San Jose, was no different than other large U.S. cities with good hiways. I’ve been researching CR for over 2 years now, as I said, have made our first due diligence trip there and we’ll be returning next year for a month during the rainy season. I have also been checking the weather (temps, humidity and barometric pressure) daily to try to get a more accurate idea of the weather. You’ll find CR to be humid compared to Ar., but so much cooler and lushly green. If we continue to enjoy it as we have we’ll be retiring there in 2017.
Linda from Wisconsin

[LINDA ROSEKAIN]

Hi Jason,
Do you know where we could rent a golf cart or off road type cart in both Tamarindo and in Atenas? Or what about scooters?
Also, my husband like to shoot clays and skeet shoot, are there places to do this, again in Tamarindo or in or near Atenas?
Thank you.

[LINDA ROSEKAIN]

Hi Jason,

I see that in your response above to LYNN BOURBEAU you state that you can obtain private INS usually around $1,200 for folks at retiree age. I don’t suppose that’s an annual premium? Is it a monthly premium and is it for one person or a couple? Who would we contact to find out more about this INS?

Linda RoseKain

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Jason,

Thank you so much for your quick response. I am thrilled to hear of the low humidity, this is a rather big issue for us. Now I’m even more excited about the possibility of retiring in Costa Rica. We will check out both coasts. We have traveled much throughout the Caribbean and several cities on the west coast of Mexico and we absolutely love the ocean.  At this point we’re looking for lower temps, but who knows, we may get their and decide on one of the coasts after all.

Linda RoseKain

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Is Medicare accepted in CR?

Linda RoseKain

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