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Costa Rica Expat Living: The Pervert

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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

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I was getting this occasional pain in my solar plexus, usually after eating. It was a sharp and constant pain, and the most comfortable...
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Costa Rica Expat Living: I Practice Road Tranquility

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A few years ago, I was on the receiving end of the only “road rage” incident I have experienced in over 20 years in...
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Costa Rica Expat Living: Mr. Green

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I was caretaking the mansion of my friend Carlton while he accompanied his obscenely wealthy family on another jaunt around the world. The mansion...
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When the Best Monkey Falls from the Tree

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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...
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Costa Rica Expat Life: Political Correctness Not Spoken Here

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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...
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Costa Rica Expat Life: The Body in the Road

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It was the end of a long summer day in the tourism business. I lived 10 km inland from the ocean, and was on...
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Tourism in Costa Rica that Dare not Speak its Name

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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

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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...
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Costa Rica Expat Life: La Pobrecita

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Recently I was driving from Dominical to Quepos, on the Costenara highway. My first 20 yearsin Costa Rica, this 40km stretch was unpaved, a...
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