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Expat Living
How to Sue Your Noisy Neighbor in Costa Rica When Animals Disrupt Sleep
Don Mateo
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March 8, 2025
Ever had a peaceful night's sleep shattered by a noisy animal? If you have lived for any amount of time in Costa Rica, your...
Expat Living
Tracing the Frozen Footprints on Costa Rica’s Historic Mountain of Death
Don Mateo
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March 5, 2025
I was once in danger of freezing to death in Costa Rica. That's right– imagine the irony of dying of hypothermia in the tropics....
Expat Living
Eavesdropping in Costa Rica Will Supercharge Your Spanish Fluency
Don Mateo
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February 24, 2025
Eavesdropping – the very word in English suggests a rude and invasive action. It conjures up images of a wiretap, or an ear against...
Expat Living
The Reality of Moving to Costa Rica: A Family’s 3-Month Cultural Experiment
Don Mateo
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February 19, 2025
File this one under Clueless Gringos. I read an article recently about a young couple living in the far northern US who adopted a...
News
When Helping A Friend Sell His Car In Costa Rica Goes Wrong
Don Mateo
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February 17, 2025
An old friend was about to leave Costa Rica for good. He sold his house, his other property, all of his possessions except his...
News
4 Must-Visit Pre-Columbian Sites in Costa Rica
Don Mateo
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February 13, 2025
In 2024, almost 3 million tourists came to Costa Rica. Many who arrived participated in tours, both of the action/adrenaline variety (rafting, ziplining, etc)...
Expat Living
Thinking of Moving to Costa Rica? The Good, Bad & ‘Experts’ You’ll Meet
Don Mateo
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February 11, 2025
Newcomers to Costa Rica have it much easier today. When my then wife and I made the decision to come here in 1989, there...
Expat Living
Costa Rican Family Life Through North American Eyes
Don Mateo
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February 7, 2025
My Tica wife was one of 14 kids. Twelve of the fourteen, all between the ages of early 50s to mid 70s are still...
Arts and Culture
Local Restaurant Wars Show Costa Rica Business Reality
Don Mateo
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February 4, 2025
Competition is good, right? It is arguably what most drives the capitalist system. An open marketplace of goods and services, for the buyer to...
Costa Rica
9 of the Most Thankless Jobs in Costa Rica
Don Mateo
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January 29, 2025
There are nearly a million Costa Ricans who work in what is known as the “informal” sector of the economy. These jobs are characterized...
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