LIBERIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

It’s amazing what thousands of dollars worth of video equipment can do. Captured using a Red Epic cinema camera, a series of Canon lenses and a Freefly Movi stabilization system, this is Costa Rica wildlife like you’ve never seen it before.

I met with an American builder who has been working in our area of Costa Rica for a dozen years now and looked at several residential properties he has built. He is quite skilled and seems to have very good work crews. He can build a very fancy home for around $125 per sq. ft., or a standard home for around $90 per sq. ft

I wanted to wish you all the best for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and share with you what we do with local folks when we are here in Costa Rica for the holidays. We help with a project that provides a Christmas in Costa RIca party for 37 children from poor families.

Work was calling, so I’m back home in Michigan after 67 days in glorious Costa Rica. No, I have not been able to retire yet. Check out the photos of my first morning back at the office below – that pretty well says it all about ‘why Costa Rica?’

Affordable and stunningly beautiful, Costa Rica is on many lists of ‘Top 10 number of Places to Retire Abroad.’ Living for less in a foreign land makes good financial sense in an uncertain economy. Or even just because being economical can get you so many good things.

If seeing wildlife in the wild sparks your interest, Costa Rica is the place for you! You might even discover a new variety of bromeliad or orchid. Costa Rica has the largest portion of national parks and protected areas in the world. One quarter of the country is set aside to preserve the natural beauty of plants and wildlife.

Costa Rica is a country many consider to have the “Happiest People on Earth,” and this may or may not be so, but one thing for sure is that they love festivals. There are festivals throughout the country all year, with the largest number being held between December and March. In our little area of paradise, they can be found in almost every community, large or small.

For nearly 170 years Costa Rica has been among the most prosperous and stable nations in Latin America. You don’t read a lot in the news about the small Central American nation and that’s good.

While Spanish is the official language, English is spoken by many people in Costa Rica–far more than in other Latin American nations. But if you want to learn Spanish, it is a great place for that. It will cost a little more than in nearby Guatemala, but the teachers are generally better educated also.