Overview
Climate & Weather
Getting There
Costa Rican Culture
Residency Issues & Documentation Required
Currency and Cost of Living
Foreign Currency - how to secure a favourable exchange rate
Insurance
Business Culture
Healthcare and Medical Treatment in Costa Rica
Social Security
Taxation in Costa Rica
Renting Property in Costa Rica
Buying Property in Costa Rica
Employment
Retiring to Costa Rica
Banking in Costa Rica
Speaking the Language
Education and Schools
Driving in Costa Rica
Food and Drink
Leisure, Entertainment and Sports
Communications (Telephone/Internet)
Utilities (Electricity, Gas, Water)
Taking Your Pets To Costa Rica
Expat groups in Costa Rica

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Andy and Fran Browne, Playa Hermosa Guanacaste

Hello, we are Andy and Fran Browne, two hard working yet forcibly retired gringos now living in Playa Hermosa Guanacaste Costa Rica. Fran and I grew up in South Florida, attending many of the same schools and lived only blocks apart, but somehow we never met. One day while at party at a friend's house, we finally did meet...

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Deb Klipper, Esparza

I am Deb Klipper and I have been joyfully married to my best friend Rob for 28 years. I am 58, he is 62. I left a job as a Special Educator in San Antonio Texas and he retired from a job as a biomedical researcher. We have two grown daughters and two granddaughters all living in the USA. Here in Costa Rica, we have a wonderful adopted yellow Lab named "Dude" and an adopted Calico cat named "Sarita"...

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