Abroad in Costa Rica
This post is for all of you who want to stay and live in Costa Rica - it’s “breathtaking, frustrating, hilarious”.
How to open a bank account? How to open a business? What’s about visa regulations and how is life at all? Many questions, more answers - by Saratica. The blog is packed with info about the country.
One funny and true statement from her post:
“Q: Do you have more privacy in Costa Rica?
A: Yes. Although there are a ton of laws here, there is little enforcement. It’s pretty much live and let live. My experience with customs earlier this week was a huge eye-opener in so many ways. As horribly frustrating as it was, the depth of these bureaucratic roots is what will keep Costa Rican citizens so refreshingly free. Unlike in the U.S. where progress is now defined as having every bureaucratic database connected. Costa Rica may never be connected like this. Ever.
A NOTE on the whole privacy thing: Safes are rated not by how strong or heavy they are, but by how many minutes it takes to break into it. You want a 10-hour safe, not a 10-minute safe. Likewise, your degree of privacy these days is simply determined by now long it will take a really good private detective to ferret out your privates. OK, you know what I mean. Every layer you put between you and The Other is helpful. “
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