Brian
@topper46
Canadian looking for information about Colombia
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Canadian
Lives in Toronto
Speaks English and learning Spanish
Registration: 11 March 2012
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Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
[Moderated: Off topic. This is the Costa Rica forum] Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Bard, Are you saying that Costa Rica is not all that great anymore ? Do you live there right now ? It seems like everybody, Americans and expat rerirees living there right now, even some Canadian expats living there, think it's close to perfect. ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Look, I never said I was an expert on Costa Rica. In fact, I have never been there. You're right about that. And you know what, I don't even want to go there, ever. In point of fact, all the bad stuff I read about Costsa rIca, tyhe list goes on and ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Bard, OK. What you are saying makes sense. But you can get all that and way, way more in Medellin, Colombia. Low cost real estate. Minimal taxes. Warm all year round with very low humidity. No unbearable tropical heat. Lots of very happy, freindly ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
OK. This my last message on ths thread. I already read enough bad stuff about Costa Rica from people who actually live there and retired there to never even want to be bothered going there for a visit, never mind actually live there. I travelled ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
I just don't get it. Why do so many people live there in CR with all the problems. I mean I have never been there to be perfectly honest, but I keep reading about all sorts of problems from people who really do live down there and have retired ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Sounds good. Happy Days !!!!!!!! Brian Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Yeah, I know. It is very hot and humid in Costa Rica. It's a tropical country like you say. Also, there are all kinds of safety and health issues you really have to look at objectively and take into consideration also (dengue fever, diarreah, ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Phil, OK. Just check it out on a 2-week holiday. You have nothing to lose. Forget everything you ever read or heard about Medellin. It's a brand new city now. The bad old days are long gone for the alst 20 years. It's completely different now. They ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
"The truth....you can't handle the truth." Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Hi, Sorry about that. That wa not my intention. I just want to encourage people to look at the reality of the situation, look at all the facts objectively and be completely objective and brutually honest about the situation, ( just the facts ma'am ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Look, I only came on to this Costa Rica forum to try to help out that American woman who was looking for a good place to retire on $ 25k per yr. I was only trying to suggest that there are various other options as well, such as Medellin, Colombia, ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
gated communities ???? just like back in the good, old US of A . you must be joking !!! so much for the friendly locals...lol. and what about the mosquitoes, dengue fever, bugs, diarreah, other tropical diseases, reptiles, snakes, bats, undrinkable ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Just because you live in Costa Rica and like it doesn't mean it's a virtual paradise for everybody. Not everybody likes howler monkeys and bugs waking them up at 5:00 am in the morning in the damn jungle every day or living behind steel doors topped ... Read More
Looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a yr by Karen111
I'm looking for a place my husband & I can retire comfortably on $25K a year that is: - close to ocean - doesn't have high humidity all the time - safe - friendly people toward Americans Costa Rica looked good until I found out about the huge bug ...
Hi, OK. Fair comment. You win. I have never actually been there to Costa Rica. But, I will go there for a 2-week beach/surfing holiday next year. But, to tell you the honest truth, I got all of my information from people on this site and others ... Read More