By Gloria in Blog Buying chilies at the market For me, one of the highlights of our trip to Mexico was taking a cooking class at Casa Crespo in Oaxaca. Sure, I can make quesadillas and burritos, even fajitas, but the preparation is more Tex-Mex style. True Mexican cuisine is so different than what we’re used to in the U.S. […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog, Featured Welcome to our RetireForLessInCostaRica.com Newsletter! Paul and Gloria In Our Special Health Care & Health Insurance Issue: Costa Rica’s Caja: How it Works Our Caja Experience, by Norman and Frankie Siegel In the Mailbag: Regarding Getting Residency in Costa Rica and Joining the Caja New Development: Make Caja Appointments by Phone Update: […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog, Featured Welcome to our Retire For Less In Costa Rica Newsletter Paul and Gloria In This Issue: Our March 2016 Costa Rica Cost of Living Expenses Featured Property-San Ramón: Unique 2BR 2BA Home Priced to Sell at $62K Reduced! Our Ultimate CR Healthcare Tour If you missed our last newsletter, you can […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog, Featured Welcome to our Retire For Less In Costa Rica Newsletter Paul and Gloria In This Issue: In the Mailbag – Relocation Tours, a Reader’s “The Good, the Not so Good and the Disappointing about Costa Rica,” Buying Appliances, and More If You Could Move Overseas Tomorrow for a Better Life…Would You? by Dan Prescher Invest […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog On a budget? Want to live simply? Like the idea of tiny houses? Check out this article by Jimmy Lee of ContainerHomes.net. And take a look at the end of the article for information about two container homes for sale right here in Costa Rica. Container House Living by Jimmy Lee, ContainerHomes.Net What […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog We now show rainfall and temperatures for eleven towns in Costa Rica: San Ramón de Alajuela Atenas Nuevo Arenal Quepos Near San Isidro de General San Rafael de Heredia San Marcos de Tarrazu El Cajón de Grecia Grand View Estates, Siquirres Volio de Cachí, Orosi Valley Escazú Our San Ramón Weatherguy, Paul Yeatman Meteorology […]
By Paul in Blog Me with a rhinoceros beetle…somebody’s pet! Bugs. I have never liked bugs and it was one of my main concerns about moving to the tropics, to Costa Rica. I’m here to tell you that the bug scare was just a false alarm. I had nothing to fear. Bugs, it turned out, were a non-issue […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog IMPORTANT UPDATE The Jackson’s Care Plan is being discontinued due to issues between the parties involved. We understand that Centro Médico Jackson’s Memorial is working on the development of a new plan which will hopefully be available by January 2019. We contacted Daniel Jackson for an update. He told us, “The Jackson Care […]
By Gloria in Blog (Note: Fiestas patronales means Festival of Patron Saints. Saint Ramón is the Patron Saint of the Canton (county) of San Ramón; each town in San Ramón county also has a patron saint. The festivities run from Friday, August 26th through Sunday, September 4th. Not included in the translation below is the description of religious […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog Click to enlarge. You’ll notice that we now show rainfall and temperatures for eleven towns in Costa Rica: San Ramón de Alajuela Atenas Nuevo Arenal Quepos Near San Isidro de General San Rafael de Heredia Tinamastes, Perez Zeledon El Cajón de Grecia Grand View Estates, Siquirres Volio de Cachí, Orosi Valley Escazú This isn’t […]