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In answer to your question, ‘Is CR able to receive those retired expats?’ Is yes, they can receive them, although as ex-pats we all have heard that over 50% of people moving here, return ‘home’ due to life not being exactly what they envisioned for themselves. Some may return after a spouse dies. Many Canadians and Americans can return ‘home’ and have their medical costs paid for, after the age 65. Some come here thinking that CAJA will provide all their answers to rising medical costs, and then realize that although much less expensive, it is definitely not ‘free’ and many of us will go to a private clinic or laboratory rather than having to wait and wait and wait…
In fact I did this today, paid $80 for tests.
I think it is different for a couple bringing an aging parent and having them cared for at home, rather than paying out $$$$ and having the horrible choice on whether or not to make the move and leave behind their loved ones. My father had to be placed in such a facility in Canada, when my mother could no longer care for him, and it broke her heart.
If is ‘yourself’ who is getting older here and will in turn require the services of a ‘helper’ or an assisted living facility, and which they in turn are solely responsible in paying for it, it is an entirely different matter. Do you/they have financial means to use an assisted living facility? Pay for ‘home care’? Unless you have immediate family here, you will need to ‘pay the caregiver’…somehow.
There were reports last year of a couple of new facilities being developed in Costa Rica, but with the downturn in the world economy and thousands of people losing pensions and homes, is there really any surprise that these plans have collapsed?
On another forum, there used to be an owner of three assisted living facilities in the USA and he was asked ‘why didn’t he do this here’ and he said, ‘there wasn’t the need for it’.John, no, a prescription is not required, neither here nor there, for any calcium supplements.
And, yes, he said, that in future if ‘medications were sent’, I only had to have a prescription to show personnel at the post office.
Well, usually we don’t have any problem at the PO, as they don’t usually open the boxes.There is the ‘Canadian Club of Costa Rica’ here, http://www.canadianclubcr.com While they had to limit ‘personal correspondence’ for people wanting info about living here, consider attending some of there social events that are held throughout the year. These are easier accessed for those living in and around the central valley.
No lawn bowling offered here, as far as I know. ‘Age restricted activities’ would only be to your own ability.As someone who applied years ago under the ‘investor ‘ status, when we had producing coffee farm with permanent employees and was approached by an existing company to also grow ornamental plants for export, whereby we would purchase additional land, this is not easy to obtain. There are so many ‘ifs’ ‘buts’,’maybes’ and they required many ‘plans’ and in the end even though we gave them everything they asked for, we didn’t get approved.
So, if anyone thinks this is the easy way, please think again.
Same ploy…different nameWe had a ‘coffee farm’ and it covered costs, eventually, after a lot of hard work. We are now on a large farm and grow many different varieties of fruit and experimenting with more unusual ones, none commercially though, at this point in time.
If you buy it, maybe Victor can send me a commission. LOLGood answer, Scott.
When you can purchase at a local ferria a bag of a dozen or more oranges for 1,000 col, it says you won’t make much money. Especially, since it is seasonal. Selling locally you are direct competition with your neighbor. You would also need to be within a reasonable distance to a bottling company to sell for commercial juice, depending on the species of oranges grown.
At least it is a lot easier/simpler to juice the oranges yourself and enjoy it than it is to collect/dry/roast coffee beans.* To purchase a property of this size, with the intention to build a residence away from the river, for the size alone would seem a good deal as long as you didn’t expect or need rely on the income. The cost of labor to look after the fruit trees, would eat up any profit.
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Just some additional info. Due to 4 parcels arriving at out post office at the same time, we had to go to the customs office in Caldera to pick them up. With over $600 in total, including new phones and everything was listing with the correct cost, we expected to have to pay duty, but they opened the boxes while we there and their only comments was that our friends really shouldn’t have sent ‘doggy treats’ as the were made from chicken, as in no meats , nor Calcium vitamins. They mentioned, next time if any medications were sent, we should have a prescription to to show the clerk at the post office. They let us keep them anyway, and we paid $5.
maravilla, I agree totally agree with versatile and the effects of this poison that your dog ingested and how RoundUp works. Which I stated, previously.
I just read an article on a Canadian news website, and they were reporting dog poisoning with anti-freeze. It happens everywhere, I’m sorry to say.
I had actually written a post, them decided to wait for you to possibly get results from your vet.
I think you ‘jumped the gun’ in blaming RoundUp.astr, although you have addressed this question to Scott, I will put my 2 col. in anyway!
Having purchased an ‘out of the way’ parcel rather than remote, I would tell you to be very, very careful before you decide to go ahead and purchase the property. Of course, when we bought it, we were told ‘of course their is power, just at that other farm…’ Which there wasn’t. We ended up buying an adjoining piece of property on the other side of the mountain, solely because it had power.
While, one may like the ‘remoteness’ at first, trying to bring in any utilities to make life livable, may be impossible or just very expensive.
Is there water on the property?
Near a road that has power poles on it?
While many say that a phone line is not really necessary anymore, do you want to have to climb another hill to make a call? And how about receiving one?
Where we are now, it cost over $7,000 to get phonelines.
There are many bargains to be had, but most of us that have actually lived here, recommend renting first. It is very easy to buy….but very difficult to sell.I should also have added that even if one sees phone lines going past your door, do not ‘presume that getting a phone line’ will be easy. If the maximum number on that line, maybe on 10 lines, you will have to wait or possibly pay for another one. This happened to us and we were lucky that we ‘purchased ‘a phone line from someone who moved from further down the hill but neighbors right next door waited 4 years…
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I am sorry to hear what happened to your dog, maravilla.
We use RoundUp on the farm, as do many others. We try to as careful as possible.
But, I am wondering if in fact, what your dog ate, could have been what is often used to poison dogs when attempting a robbery? It is put on ‘food’ as they know dogs will accept this. If you think about it, how usual is it for you , where you walk your dog, to see ‘people food/pizza’ on your trail?
We lost two dogs after they were poisoned by thieves. One survived.
I am not trying to promote RoundUp or anything similar, by any means, but think for this to be so fast acting, it could possibly be something else.This seems to be two completely different questions, but excuse me if I am wrong.
The first answer would be, if he is a legal resident, he can/should sign up and use CAJA and it’s facilities, for use in an emergency situation, as one cannot always fly elsewhere for treatment. Obviously this would be paid by him, personally.
I have no idea on the ‘second’ part/question regarding TRICARE, though.No, it was ‘hairy…’
The make the Water hyacinth into a ‘rope’ and then use it weaving it onto a frame. It looks very nice, but be sure it is sealed before choose to buy it….Edited on Oct 17, 2009 16:21
I would say that if one has decided on a ‘new lifestyle’, new furnishings designed and manufactured specifically to suit the climate may be the only way to go…
Although we did purchase two lovely ‘end tables’ made of ‘Water Hyacinth’ material, and possibly because we moved house during the rainy season, they proceeded to ‘grow’…
After cleaning them many times we eventually had to seal them.It will depend on the ages of your children, as is always the case whether they can enroll in Kindergarten. And, I would guess they would first need to use a private system that teach /play in English.
Possibly cost you all of your salary!A good response, David.
But, Fredo, don’t bring the ‘dust collectors’ or silly gifts that you have been given years ago, and have kept in a closet for years.
Don’t bring antique furniture if you are going to reside in a humid area. ‘Knick knacks’..or however they spell them… are potential homes for creepy crawlies.
We still have full boxes of ‘stuff’ after nearly nine years here, but I guess we may use it one day…
