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Costa Rica, vacation and warm-climate real estate destinations are featured here. We will post information regarding Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Belize, Roatan, Caribbean, Bahamas, etc. My primary focus is Costa Rica but I'm open to working with others to post here as well.
The affordability of purchasing in Costa Rica, Belize, Panama and elsewhere is becoming more popular throughout the world.
January 2009 - Posts
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There’s no denying the fact that Britain is in a dire economic state and that this is highly likely to have knock on social issues – whether that be rising crime as some have predicted, or simply a feeling of hopelessness and negativity that Read More...
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Shortly after I arrived for an extended visit to Costa Rica I ran across a story from USA Today about foreigners buying retirement homes in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. As I traveled around Guanacaste with my parents, we saw some of the luxury Read More...
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// Susan Smillie sailing in the Bahamas. Photograph: Mike Palfreman I'm floating in the Atlantic. Beams of sunlight illuminate dozens of parrotfish; a barracuda bares its teeth, perhaps at the silver jewellery glinting like tiny fish around my throat Read More...
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Ginanne Brownell | NEWSWEEK (Original Here) During the boom economy it was hard enough to climb onto the real estate ladder to buy a first home, let alone a vacation property with an ocean view or ski-slope access. But the economic crisis has brought Read More...
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By Zach Pontz CNN (Original Here) (CNN) — If you consider new experiences and foreign cultures an investment, Costa Rica might be a better option than the stock market right now. Flights are reasonable — I paid roughly $370 from Atlanta, Georgia, Read More...
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By Greg Gordon www.crsurf.com After 10 years of sending out surf reports, I can almost say “mission accomplished.” That mission: To help travelers and locals find the best surf in Costa Rica. Report #466 had submissions from Playa Grande, Read More...
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By Rajani Baburajan TMCnet Contributing Editor Airspan Networks , a provider of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX ( News - Alert ))-based broadband wireless access networks, said it has been awarded a follow-on order worth approximately Read More...
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by Orin Hogan View over Laka Apapoyo, Nicaragua One of the problems with living in Costa Rica is that the tourist visa only allows you a three-month stay, after which you are obliged to leave the country for at least 72 hours. Since we were living in Read More...
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By Rick Steves When I travel in Europe, I’m working. So when I take a vacation, I like to go elsewhere. I asked my friend Kurt Kutay, who runs Wildland Adventures, to set up the best possible eight-day Costa Rican vacation for a variety of experiences. Read More...
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Visa Latin America is offering visitors to Costa Rica a chance to get a reimbursement on sales taxes paid in the country with purchases made with a VISA® or VISA Electrón® cards. The rebate is equal to the tax paid on purchases in Costa Read More...
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Finding good value, in the right place and within budget, is particularly important these days. But how can investors answer the question “Am I paying too much for this?” if they don’t have comparative. Just 0.15 seconds after typing Read More...
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By Bahamas Film Invest (Original here) Nassau, Bahamas - The National Coordinating Committee has announced that the Second Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase will be hosted in The Bahamas during the period February 9 th – 13th . The Showcase, established Read More...
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By: Tom James on January 13, 2009 (original here) Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has fallen in love with the idea of building an eco-resort on an island he owns off the coast of Belize… Leonardo DiCaprio has undergone a serious image overhaul Read More...
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By: Jeanne Leblanc on January 19, 2009 8:21 AM (Orginal here) In the wee hours of this morning, my parents and I sat on a bench at the Hotel Linda Vista, high up on a ridge in El Castillo de La Fortuna, Costa Rica, and watched lava flow from the volcano Read More...
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By: Jeanne Leblanc on January 18, 2009 5:10 AM (Original here) Thirty years ago there was no passable road to the town of Bijagua de Upala in northern Costa Rica. Twenty years ago there were no public telephones. Ten years ago there was no Internet access. Read More...
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Although the islands are named after shallow waters, there's a lot of depth to explore (The Tourist Board of Bahamas) By: John Bantin (Timesonline) The name for the Bahamas comes from “baja mar”, the Spanish for “shallow sea”, Read More...
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Island of Roatan the unspoiled gem of the Caribbean - for now Posted By JIM WILSON, SUN MEDIA I just had breakfast with a monkey. Of course, that's what my girlfriend says almost every morning. But in this case it's a white-faced spider monkey, Read More...
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By JOHN EWOLDT, Star Tribune Belize became a second home to Dean Sanberg and his wife, Kathleen, in 2006, after they fell in love with the country during a vacation. "My son and I were certified in scuba diving during the vacation while my wife and Read More...
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During the boom economy it was hard enough to climb onto the real estate ladder to buy a first home, let alone a vacation property with an ocean view or ski-slope access. But the economic crisis has brought a bit of sunshine for investors who in the recent Read More...
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If you’re looking for a place to buy a property in 2009, what about Belize? It’s a spectacularly beautiful nation with a fabulous climate, it’s part of the British Commonwealth and English is the main language in Belize, tourism is on Read More...
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