Living in Costa Rica
There are a lot of people with a lot more money than me. Very, very wealthy people. And if you listen to these people and you read their books and you read their blogs, they tell you the same thing.
It’s easy to lose yourself in the vivid shades of orange, pink, purple and blue of a Costa Rican sunset. But why do sunsets vary so much from place to place, and from evening to evening? Why are they typically more stunning near beaches, deserts or canyons than in other parts of the world?
Often, our ability to control things external is only an illusion. What we can all do, however, is control our attitude toward these challenges.
Well now, that sounds like quite a combination. In fact its an unbeatable combination.
You know how you meet people and you just like them right off the bat? That’s how it was with Jim and Jane. They are from Sweden and came to paradise to spend 3 months checking it out, looking at property with me.
We were so taken by the mountains, that within six months we purchased our own mountain home in a charming town called Atenas – the crown jewel of the Central Valley. Once we made the decision, I was confident that is where I wanted to be. Atenas felt like “home”!
Playas del Coco is part of a group of beaches known as the Papagayo; Playas del Coco, Playa Hermosa, Playa Panama and Ocotal. Located just 20 minutes from the Liberia International Airport (LIR) it is considered by many to be the best town on the Pacific Coast.
When my wife and I first came here from Tennessee in 2007 we realized we were making a major life-changing move to a foreign country and thought it would be best that we would come here with a completely open mind and be willing to accept change.
“One woman happened to say that Columbus came from a working-class family and that his father had been a weaver. Columbus’s brother Bartholme had her tongue cut out, after parading her naked through the streets on a donkey Christopher…”
The vacation rental market right now is booming. With the expansion of the international airport here in Liberia, more and more people are flying into Costa Rica every single day and flights are coming from everywhere now.
We love Costa Rica. We love the lush green hillsides that tumble to the sea. We love waking up to birds and monkeys foraging for tropical fruits in the trees above. We love watching sea turtles return to the nesting beaches they were born on. We love listening to untamed rivers as they crash through the rainforest.
The entire time that I’ve lived here, I’ve never had my house broken into. I’ve never had anything stolen from me. More important, I’ve never ever felt threat. Literally, women can walk down the streets in Coco at night in the dark and it’s very, very, very safe.
Welcome to Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, where you will find long stretches of sandy beaches fringed by rocky shores and steep cliffs.
It was John Lennon who said that: “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives” and a brief glimpse at the news headlines only confirms that…
In order to find out about Costa Rica guns and the process behind buying one, we thought the best thing to do would be visit a couple of different local gun stores which were recommended to me by three separate professionals whose opinions I respect.