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Expat Living

Debunking Myths: Is Costa Rica Really a Socialist Country?

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Facebook has numerous pages catering to the foreign community in Costa Rica. There are always a number of posts from people thinking about moving...
Arts and Culture

Tropical Christmas: Traditions and Tamales in Costa Rica

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Feliz Navidad! Is it too early to say that? Nah– It is now officially Christmas season. Unofficially, it started sometime in October. I saw...
Arts and Culture

Beans: The Magical Food That Powers Costa Rica

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Beans, beans, the magical fruit…remember that little ditty? The more you eat the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel,...
Expat Living

Crossing Borders: A Costa Rican Resident’s Journey to Panama

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After 25 years of residency in Costa Rica, I became a temporary tourist. My cedula expired, and the caja and I are a couple...
Expat Living

Costa Rica Expat Life: The Untold Story of Door-to-Door Sales Culture

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If you live in a predominantly Tico barrio, you are likely familiar with vendedores ambulantes. These are the door-to-door salespeople who pass through selling...
Expat Living

A Costa Rica Coffee Farm and Its Unanswered Question

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"A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof" – Feodor Dostoevsky. In the early 1990s, I spent most of a year in a rural area...
Expat Living

Costa Rica’s Mysterious Lago Cote and Its UFO Sighting History

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Several years ago, I started a job that required me to spend the first two months in a small town near Volcan Arenal. It...
Expat Living

Faded, Broken, and Misplaced: The Life of Street Signs in Costa Rica

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Signs, signs, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind– that was the chorus of a popular song a while back. That...
Expat Living

Costa Rica’s Religious Divide Between Catholics and Evangelicals

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Did you know that Costa Rica is the only country in the Americas with an official religion? Our national religion–no, it’s not fútbol or...
Expat Living

Life in Costa Rica: 12 Things That Make This Country Special

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I am sometimes accused of being overly negative and sarcastic in my writings about Costa Rica and my life here. Fair enough, though anyone...
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