Did you know that finding an address in Costa Rica is difficult because we don’t have addresses? We don’t have street names or house numbers. Google Maps calls the road where our office is Carretera John F Kennedy. Don’t try to ask a Tico for this street name, because they won’t know. They’ll only understand…
Estimated Reading Time: 7 Minutes Don’t forget about changing your address before moving to Costa Rica. You don’t want to have all your friends and family back home wonder what happened to you! Once you’ve gone through the steps of selling your house, there are a thousand other things you need to get done. In…
A participant in Christopher Howard’s Live in Costa Rica Tour asked me if Resident Registration of home address necessary in Costa Rica. Chris and I looked at each other, both thinking the same thing: great question! It’s really something I never thought about because home addresses are so messy here. It’s so bad, that if…
Estimated Reading Time: 8 Minutes It’s difficult not to get lost in Costa Rica. Particularly when you are not familiar with the way we give directions here. Few countries in the world use such directions. Instead, in most countries, giving an address involves a street name and a house number. Well, not in Costa Rica!…