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TICONUEVO | MAY 27, 2014 I’m going to mention a couple of more non-perishables before leaving the territory of hard-to-find products in Costa Rica. Here’s an eclectic list of a couple of hard-to-find or expensive articles plus a bit about cellphones. Luckily, we shipped a couple of box springs in our container, because they are […]
by Ivo Henfling
TICONUEVO | MAY 23, 2014 There are other food items to cover on Costa Rica’s hard-to-find list, but I thought there are a few guys reading this blog that would be more interested if I transitioned away from edibles to non-perishables. So, this blog’s for you and it contains not many actual shortages, but some […]
by Ivo Henfling
As we left off last week, I couldn’t connect with a recommended English-speaking specialist to see me for a troubling medical issue, and so I am on my Plan B attempt to get in to see a GP in the town next to mine. I called the office and the receptionist connected me with an […]
by Ivo Henfling
While we’re here in Costa Rica still waiting for our “cedulas de residencia” as “pensionados,” we’ve kept our MediCare in the States in force in case there is a real medical necessity. If something major required a return to our old home State, we would be covered. In addition, my wife’s and my MediCare supplemental […]
by Ivo Henfling
TICONUEVO | MARCH 29, 2014 Our 90-day visa was expiring and we needed to leave Costa Rica and re-enter to re-new our visa in order to keep our U.S. driver’s license and Costa Rican driver’s insurance in force. We couldn’t afford the time and expense to fly out to some airport in the States. And […]
by Ivo Henfling
by guest blogger TicoNuevo So, we’ve completed 98% of our improvement projects on our house and finished the business with my contractor and amigo, but this is where both amazement and disappointment raise their ugly heads. Up to this point, the contractor and Ticonuevo are treating each other like brothers. “You are the best […]
by Ivo Henfling
by guest blogger TicoNuevo We bought our new property in Costa Rica at a price that allowed us to afford all of the things we wanted to change, add, delete, or improve. In retrospect, we spent about 75% over our purchase price to do all we originally planned plus a lot more. This 75% […]
by Ivo Henfling
Planning to import your household container? Then be careful and be patient! Our construction projects continued. And based on our prior inquiries and due diligence, we thought we had timed the arrival of our household container pretty well with our move-in date. The ongoing progress of the work at our house to receive our container […]
by guest blogger Paula Kat-Friedman Car accidents are never fun nor are they ever convenient. One Saturday a couple of months ago my husband was driving through Barrio Mexico, going to a Little Theatre Group rehearsal. He stopped at a stop sign as required and was thinking about whether he should go straight or turn […]
by Ivo Henfling
by guest blogger TicoNuevo On occasion, the relevance of an event or experience needs to be related while it is fresh in one’s mind. Therefore, I’m taking a brief detour in this blog from writing about our home improvement experience to relate to you something that just happened. I am also sitting down this morning […]
by Ivo Henfling