Don Mateo

191 POSTS

0 COMMENTS

Costa Rica

9 Things not Covered in Costa Ricas Driver’s Exam

Don Mateo - March 14, 2023

I have been helping my daughter study for the written part of her driver’s exam and noticed that the manual did not cover many...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Expat Living: The Pervert

Don Mateo - February 16, 2023

After 15 years at the beach, I was back in the southern zone city of San Isidro del General. I had come full circle...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Expat Living: Hospital Patient 25

Don Mateo - February 12, 2023

I was getting this occasional pain in my solar plexus, usually after eating. It was a sharp and constant pain, and the most comfortable...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Expat Living: I Practice Road Tranquility

Don Mateo - February 4, 2023

A few years ago, I was on the receiving end of the only “road rage” incident I have experienced in over 20 years in...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Expat Living: Mr. Green

Don Mateo - January 30, 2023

I was caretaking the mansion of my friend Carlton while he accompanied his obscenely wealthy family on another jaunt around the world. The mansion...

Costa Rica

When the Best Monkey Falls from the Tree

Don Mateo - January 24, 2023

There is a Costa Rican expression my wife likes to use when I am overconfident about a situation: El mejor mono cae del zapote. The best...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Expat Life: Political Correctness Not Spoken Here

Don Mateo - January 1, 2023

When it comes to using a word or nickname to describe another person, the average Costa Rican is refreshingly un-politically correct. An overweight guy...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Expat Life: The Body in the Road

Don Mateo - December 30, 2022

It was the end of a long summer day in the tourism business. I lived 10 km inland from the ocean, and was on...

Costa Rica

Tourism in Costa Rica that Dare not Speak its Name

Don Mateo - November 28, 2022

I was seated in the bar of a downtown San Jose hotel, waiting for friends to arrive.An attractive young woman took the seat next...

Expat Living

The Score: An Expat’s Story about Cannabis in Costa Rica

Don Mateo - November 7, 2022

With Costa Rica’s new president on board with marijuana legalization, my thoughts went back to late 1990. It was my first month in Costa...

1...181920 Page 19 of 20

Don Mateo

Latest news

Costa Rica Opens Debate to Lift President Chaves’s Immunity

Costa Rican Surfer Leilani McGonagle Claims Historic Win

Costa Rica Hospital Fentanyl Thefts Spark OIJ Probe

Google Maps Street View Expands in Costa Rica with Waterfalls

The Synthetic Drug Fueling Zombie-Like Scenes in Cuba

Services

Support