Given the nature of my business (online) I have decided that I hsould no longer live in the united states. For one I don't like the direction the country is headed, but mostly I feel that living abroad gives a person a better perspective on life in general. In the next 12 months or so my girlfriend and I plan to sell the house, cars, etc and move to Costa Rica. Anyone here live there or visited?
I have never been there, but I know it is a fantastic place to be and I really hope your move works out smoothly and everything goes to plan for you and your girlfriend. I agree when you say USA is going in the wrong direction, I live in the UK myself and I want to move out of here, when I get older.
I went there for a month last year. I loved it....but I definitely wouldn't want to live there. They're still just a little too "third-world" for me. I wouldn't mind having a vacation home there though.
It's definitely a big change from the "big city", but I think a good slow down is just what I need to get things back in order. I spend entirely too much money on "things" right now and would rather just lay on the beach, work enough to support a nice lifestyle and be a bit happier. I think we all get too focused on work sometimes and forget that we aren't going to live forever Thanks for the comments guys
Went 2 weeks. The 2 things I liked the most in Costa Rica were the animals everywhere and the big waves! I understand your feeling. I gonna travel around Europe for a couple months soon to get back to the "real" things. Good luck with your project!
before you sell everything , car , house , etc ... why not give it a visit and see how it look like and if u can live there . planning to go on vacation also , Maybe at the end of the summer . I hate the snowwwwww
yeah why ? lol i think you are the only pers who can answer this how much an average hotel cost ? what's the average cost for living there ? (whitout extra stuff)
The average Tico makes around 300 a month, you can get a nice house for 120 a month, but not where I live by the beach. After buying groceries for the family you still have around 80 bucks left to go get drunk every payday. Things are cheap here, but like I said, I am where there is about 80 percent not Costa Rican and the prices are high. You can still get a cabina for about 8 bucks a night, but there are also hotels which are $250.00 a night (that is the place where Mel Gibson was staying, who just bought a 240 acre piece of land close to Samara). I am organizing the 1st Annual Directory Convention here and am talking to a lot of hotel owners, and have found out that whatever your price range is, there is something for everyone.
IF you need things like air conditioning, toilets, showers and doors, you'll probably need to pay $75 per night minimum at most places. We by no means stayed in the nicest places and I think most of the hotels were >$100/night. At least that was my experience. I'm not into sweating my nuttz off and swatting bugs all night. I need my rest!
Oh, I forgot to mention, that hippie camp ground 100 meters away from me rents out hammocks to crash in for 4 bucks a night.
You also forgot to mention how disgusting your hippie friends are! I've never seen so many hippies as I did at the SE coast. I almost ran a few off the road. "Get a job, God damn hippie BUM!"