Costa Rica is not the easiest country in the world to get residency, especially if you are not of retirement age. Even many retiree age individuals opt for the perpetual tourist route of making border runs every 90 days. By…
Getting a Costa Rican Driver’s License
So now you’ve gotten your residency! Another important step along the way is getting your Costa Rican driver’s license. There is some information from the English newspaper The Tico Times as well as information from COSEVI (the Costa Rican equivalent…
Who to Trust
In the years I have spent in La Fortuna, I’ve come to know and befriend many of the tour guides and salesmen around town. With that knowledge you quickly learn who to trust and who to avoid. There are a…
Hot Springs
Ask a Tico the first thing that pops into their mind when you say La Fortuna and the answer is very likely to be “las aguas termales” or hot springs. Although Arenal Volcano has long been the tourist draw to…
Airports
Costa Rica is home to two international airports. Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela (SJO) and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia (LIR). Due to their lengthy Spanish names (being named after a war hero and a President, respectively)…
Water–Drink it!
When it comes to water perhaps no country reaches the irony level of Costa Rica. It is recognized as one of the ‘greenest’ (both literally and figuratively) countries on the planets. It is the only country in Central America where…
Farmers Market (La Feria)
Most major towns in Costa Rica will have some kind of farmers market, or as it is called in Spanish “La Feria”. In larger cities these farmers markets may be held every day, or multiple times a week. In La…
Grocery Stores in La Fortuna
La Fortuna has four primary options for grocery stores (since you probably aren’t planning on shopping in the mini markets that you’ll be able to find on most every street). There is the cheapest, local place named “Palí” on the edge…