We use a shipping service to get online purchases delivered to Costa Rica. They’ve always gone through a Miami, FL address. But now the company’s announced shipping direct from China. Not hard to figure out why (can you say “tariffs”? 🫣). Bye bye Amazon, hello Ali Baba & Temu.

Somebody is very happy with his new (old) Johnny Rice longboard, brought down from LA by our friend Mario! #costarica

Costa Rica is #6 on the Happiness list. (And much warmer than the Scandinavian countries ranked above it.)

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We’ve applied for Permanent Residency in Costa Rica. Would have done it anyhow, but extra motivated now.

I much prefer this traveling monkey show to the circus in Washington right now. This troupe shows up in our yard every afternoon these days — the trees are full of tasty blossoms! #lifeincostarica

We left the US 6 years ago, not moving AWAY but moving TO a place we’d come to love. The relocation process was long & hard. If you’re thinking about it, or just want to make your life more portable & manageable, I have tips to offer.

Tip #1 - Have a valid passport. Be proactive - get one now.

Please take a break from the other circus & watch this howler monkey enjoy his lunch in our garden. #lifeincostarica

Lunch today with the Nosara, Costa Rica ladies active with Voters Abroad. We celebrated MLK Day (& ignored that OTHER event). Our hostess read aloud today’s inspiring column by @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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The Costa Rican press has gone ballistic over this effrontery towards a neighbor nation. Even the super conservative paper La Nación.

Lifeguard on duty. #lifeincostarica

The Panama Canal? Really? Last time a US interloper tried to seize Central American lands it didn’t go so well. The defeat of William Walker is a source of national pride next
door here in Costa Rica.

Antidote for today’s crappy
political news — spend more time in nature. This is a 100 year old Strangler Fig in the Monteverde Cloud Forest #lifeincostarica

Annual Festival of Lights parade in our little town. Santa rides an ATV& there are bands galore! #lifeincostarica

Annual Christmas lights parade next Saturday. We’re a tiny town, but the parade has
8 marching bands. All of which have been practicing within earshot of our house for a month 😂 #lifeincostarica

Had the beach all to ourselves today. No cell service, no WiFi. Sometimes it’s good to get away. #lifeincostarica

Ho-hum, just another gorgeous day here.
#lifeincostarica

Wall of the former army fort where in 1948 President Figueres struck a symbolic hammer blow to abolish the Costa Rican army. Today is a national holiday commemorating that event. The money spent on the military was redirected to education & social services. Imagine that. #lifeincostarica

Our first banana crop from the seedlings we planted 2 years ago! #lifeincostarica

The sun is out today & the Blue Morphos are back.