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In hard times Costa Rica demonstrates it resilience and ingenuity
The crisis caused by the coronavirus has hit Costa Rica’s fragile economy really hard, especially the tourism sector. In response the government has come up with an ambitious plan to raise hemp and medical marijuana to try and heal the country’s economic woes. Other counties that have invested in the […]
Costa Rica is more developed than most so-called developed nations
Let’s look at why this statement is true. In most cases a developed country is synonymous with its military and economic power. The latter seems to be the criteria used for drawing the line between developed nations and those which are in the process of developing, or as they are […]
10 Most Spectacular Places in Costa Rica
Size doesn’t necessarily matter when it comes to aesthetics, and the beautiful country of Costa Rica is a major testament to this. Like other small-sized countries such as Austria, Norway, and Vietnam, Costa Rica is a relatively small nation in terms of land mass but blessed with numerous beautiful sites […]
Where to retire after the current Crisis?
It comes as no surprise that numerous travel Publications such as Condé Nast have singled out Costa as one of the places to vacation once the virus subsides. Costa Rica is expecting an onslaught of potential retirees and tourists because of its effective response to the coronavirus pandemic. Both the […]
Costa Rica is keeping covid-19 under control, say World Economic Forum
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff and wire services The first confirmed case of the covid-19 coronavirus in Latin America was diagnosed in Costa Rica, a nation of 5 million people that have just over one doctor per thousand people, said the World Economic Forum, WEF, in its report. According […]
A new commuter train in the Central Valley for Costa Ricans and retired expats
Many cost conscious expat retirees never purchase an automobile in order to save money while living here. Thus, they depend heavily on public transportation such as buses, taxis and Uber to economize. Good news! As I have alluded to in previous articles the government plans to construct an electric train […]
Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new U.S. govt tests find. And what does Costa Rica have a lot of?
DHS S&T’s re COVID-19 (April 13, 2020) results: Virus lives longer at low humidity and inactivates faster at higher humidity; virus lives longer at low temperatures and inactivates faster as temperature increases; Sunlight destroys the virus quickly. Good news for us, bad for the coronavirus. The national weather service, the […]
Costa Rica takes the bull by the horns
Despite being one of the countries in the world with lowest covid-19 virus mortality rates, Costa Rica continues to take on the virus. (Only New Zealand, Catar, Island, South Africa, Singapore Australia Omán and Chile are ahead of us). Costa Rica’s Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica […]
Food for thought in hard times
Day by day, I am thankful for living in an underdeveloped country like Costa Rica ??. Where after one week since the outbreak of the first case of coronavirus already the schools mechanical engineering and physics at the University of Costa Rica have prototypes of ventilators they produced; where the […]
What to do… as a retiree, on the Ballena Coast, in Costa Rica?
On my Combination Retirement/Relocation Tours we always explore the famous Ballena Coast. We have lunch with my two friends, Rita Lucas and Bill, who answer all of my clients questions about living in the Southern Zone and the Ballena Coast. Bill is a home builder and Rita is part of […]