it's actually incredibly easy if you just hang out with locals and avoid tourists/expats
Another thing that I'm always wondering about with tropic countries is: How about malaria and other diseases there? Is that a problem?
Because actually two weeks ago I had to kill seven mosquitoes in one single night here in my flat in Berlin/Germany. So I’m wondering how this would be if I lived in Costa Rica lol
Edit: One other thing - How about international/English schools for middle school kids?
Response to edit: Yeah the international schools here are really good, I actually have a friend teaching at a German language one for kids which is well renowned so there's even options outside of English immersion
CR has been my top retirement destination for long.. between the forests and scuba diving, it would be my ideal country.
Currency in my home country is crap, USD stretches out really far in any country that's not in North America or EU
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My best advice is to be competent in Spanish before starting any business negotiations here and that includes buying properties.
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Highly suggested! This country is the best, I've been here for the better part of a decade now and can't recommend it enough. There's fibre to the home rollout in more of the country than I've seen in north america, I don't want to strangle anyone here and the people are so open and friendly, the weather is great as long as you can stand some 15-60 minutes of heavy rain every day during the rainy season. Bring battery backup for internet on a 4g modem and you're good to go for a couple of hours of power outages before the cell tower battery goes out too (Rare that it's out that long!)
Personally I'm up in the mountains instead of the beach because I prefer the climate but it's crazy how little I pay comparatively on rent and food in this part of the world. The most expensive thing here is honestly just electronics -- Bring them in from out of the country because they tax those like mad. People ask me if it's dangerous here, and whenever something bad happens to Puerto Rico my inbox gets flooded with people asking if I'm OK (haha check a map for once!) but pretty much as long as you stay the fuck away from the 10$ grams of cocaine you'll be fine. Don't do that shit in any country, they grind up the bones of narco victims into the cut and it's just a general bad karma magnet. It's my first bit of advice to anyone in the country asking me if it's safe because 95% of the problems I see people encounter have to do with them not being able to heed this type of advice.