The Complete List of Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Visit Limón
I had been meaning to write about our trip to Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast for a while. It sounds laughable to me even as I’m composing this thought (and even more laughable to you if you’re reading this in the…
Christmas in Costa Rica
My parents, sister, and her children visited us during the holidays. In a country that is about 90% Christian (of one denomination or another), Christmas and Easter are Costa Rica’s two most important holidays. As such, Heather and I were…
Costa Rica – A Cautionary Tale (Part 2)
I intended to publish Part 2 of A Cautionary Tale shortly after Part 1. But I was too busy planning for my family’s holiday visit (and subsequently too busy having fun with them) to sit down and write. We had…
Leaving Pittsburgh for Costa Rica
Now that we are more than a couple of months in, I’m finally able to discuss a memory I was actively trying to suppress. It is the nightmare that was leaving Pittsburgh. As we embarked on this journey, among the…
Taking your kid to the doctor in Costa Rica
As I mentioned in a previous post, the quality of a country’s health care was a top consideration in determining where to take our family sabbatical. We had heard that Costa Rica ranked high along these lines, and confirmed this…
Renting a car in Costa Rica
Renting a car in any country with which you are not familiar can be a daunting task. Renting one in Costa Rica is especially complicated and expensive. Whether you need a car at all completely depends on your agenda. Can…
Why did we pick Costa Rica?
The question we’ve been asked the most so far is why we picked to spend this time in Costa Rica as opposed to another country. For people who are familiar with Costa Rica, the follow-up question is how we decided…
What do we hope to gain from this experience?
Several folks have mentioned to me that they fantasize about getting “off the grid” or wish they had our “wanderlust”. Yet neither one really applies to us. In order to pull this off, we took an extremely methodical approach that…
Why did we decide to do this?
Although I enjoy spending time in other countries, I appreciate the U.S. for countless reasons. On the public sector side, we have tremendous freedoms not enjoyed by citizens in many societies. By our standards, the U.S. government has been gridlocked and…
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