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Hola Jason;
Si, yo estoy aprendiendo a hablar espanol. I’ve been using a variety of methods including study guides and workbooks that I’ve purchased from bookstores and a few on-line study courses. Right now I am using an Ipod App from BrainScapes. I feel like I’m progressing ‘un poco’. It’s a slow process though. I don’t have anyone to actually speak it with near my home in Canada. When I go to Costa Rica I’m always armed with good intentions to force myself to try to communicate in Spanish but I get intimidated and discouraged pretty quickly when my limited comprehension and exposure to the language makes it really difficult to understand the responses to my questions. Then I just feel like a total poser and revert to english. Oh well….I’ll just keep trying and eventually it will click (hopefully).
Are you fluent? How did you learn?

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Hey Ken,
you might consider checking out the Playa Carillo area if having a beautiful safe swimming beach nearby is a priority for you. It is a very accessible community about 5 min south of Playa Samara which has pretty much everything you need for daily living (grocery stores, shops, lots of great restaurants, banks, layers, dentist and even a language school if that’s an issue). There are a lot of expats in the vicinity also. Most importantly, the beach is spectacular and great for swimming! Playa Samara also has a fabulous swimming beach but it is a bit more exposed so it’s better for the surfer crowd. Playa Carillo is protected by a reef so it’s better for swimming. Good Luck on your search!

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I am wondering the same thing as Thomas. There sames to be a lot of contradictory information out there that’s for sure. Do you have any words of wisdom regarding costs to build a swimming pool? I am interested in building a fairly large curvilinear infinity pool in the Carmona area of the Nicoya Peninsula.

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