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Living in Costa Rica. A new normal post earthquake.
A lot is happening in Guanacaste as a result of our recent earthquake. We've had over a thousand aftershocks and although they are mild in ...
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Living in Costa Rica…. Along that lazy river
There's a lot we can learn from the local culture. Out on the coast, we as gringos, often think of our 'water therapy' to take the form of ...
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Free Spanish Lesson 38. Embarrassed or pregnant?
This is a pretty extreme example, but it's important to know that "false cognates" exist so you don't make the same type of mistakes. If ...
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Rebuilding a Tico House in Costa Rica – Part III. The bottom line and some thoughts.
Moving to Costa Rica and deciding where and how to live requires some thought and willingness to venture into a new culture and language. ...
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Feds: We No Longer Need Your Circumcision Records to Renew Your Passport
The State Department won't say who would be required to complete the form. Apparently, any passport examiner could decide your appearance, ...
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Beer Tasting Fun in Costa Rica with TicoBirra.com with Free Video.
On Friday evening 28th September 2012 my girlfriend's eldest son Gabriel and I attended a TicoBirra.com beer tasting event at Basil's ...
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Costa Rica Cigars: Tabacos de la Cordillera – Turning Back the Clock 50 Years
In the mountains of Costa Rica, hand-rolled cigars are created using tobacco grown from pre-Castro Cuban tobacco seeds. Tabacos de la ...
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Free Spanish Lesson 37 – Hagamos fiesta!
Si alguna vez ha tenido the chance to walk down the streets of a Latin American pueblo in the evening, especially en un fin de semana, the ...
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A New Life in Escazu. What’s in a name Gringo?
She wrote: "You may be wondering why I didn't simply look "gringo" up in a Spanish-English dictionary, since I was so determined to find ...
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A new Figueres Presidency to hand Costa Rica over to the U.N.
In case you only know sustainability as a tool to help conserve the environment, which is the hoax the United Nations uses to swindle ...
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