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Experience Luxury in Nosara Costa Rica
Before I ever set foot in Costa Rica, I had heard of Nosara as a famous yoga destination. A surf town, it had transformed itself into a surf-and-yoga town in the early 90s, paving the way for the...
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How much does it cost to live in Costa Rica with kids
One of the most frequently asked, but also most complex questions I receive, is ‘how much does it cost to live in Costa Rica?’ There are so many variables that go into answering this question, that it...
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Lessons Learned Living Abroad with Kids
One morning last month, I woke up to a Facebook post by an online friend of mine, Marianne Cantwell, the author of the bestselling book, Free Range Humans. She was talking about personal ‘default’...
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Live Your Way: Mom’s Getaway
Now enrolling for April 2016 getaway Sunday April 17th to Thursday April 21st, 2016 Join me on the stunning beaches of Tamarindo, Costa Rica for 5 days and 4 nights of rest, relaxation and...
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Answers to your questions about visiting Tamarindo, Costa Rica
As I was waiting in line to pass through immigration at the Liberia airport on a recent trip back to Tamarindo from the US, a family behind me asked me a question. They wanted to know about the...
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Costa Rica Expat Profile: Being Grateful Every Day
Today’s Costa Rica expat profile features Mike and Jackie. Their story is unique because they each had older children from previous marriages. All four children decided not to make the move to abroad...
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Costa Rica Expat Profile: From Ontario Canada to Guanacaste Costa Rica
Every so often you are introduced to someone for a brief moment but you get a sense from your further online interactions that they are genuine. This is the case for my feeling about Tonia and her...
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Costa Rica Expat Profile: Building Community through Coworking, Surfing and...
In today’s Costa Rica expat profile, we meet a multicultural family living in Playa Langosta, Costa Rica. Neither is a native Costa Rican, but Leona and Heitor met on vacation in Costa Rica and fell in...
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Uber, entrepreneurship, and family freedom
I’m back from a fabulous four-day getaway to New Orleans with my best and oldest girlfriend. How and why it took me so long to end up there, I don’t know. While the trip itself and the city’s potential...
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How I created a location independent freelance business
I’m back at running this summer. Alone on a run, I like to listen to books and podcasts. Free of distractions, this is the perfect part of my day to take in and digest ideas and information. Yesterday,...
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If I Were Visiting Costa Rica with Kids for the First Time…
I love getting emails! They inspire my writing. Today’s blog post is inspired by a couple of messages I’ve received this week… and about a hundred times before – messages about travel to Costa Rica...
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Costa Rica Expat Profile: Seeking Freedom and Adventure
Kirk and his family are deep in the throes of planning a move to Costa Rica. He shares some of the preparations and the story behind the move in our conversation below. I am so happy to have you share...
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Costa Rica Expat Profile: New Baby, New Business, New Life
Candice and Paul visited Costa Rica on vacation in March 2014 and were smitten. Less than a year later they decided to make it their new home. Then, only a few months after they made that decision,...
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4 Ways Living in Costa Rica Changed Our Behaviour
Here in Canada, it’s almost Thanksgiving (celebrated on Columbus Day for you folks south of the border). I’m not sure if there’s any relationship between the time of year and the conversations that...
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Stepping Off the Plane in Costa Rica
Today I smelled an aroma that immediately brought me back to childhood. I couldn’t place the strawberry coconutty scent, neither in its location today (in fact, it could have been a bathroom air...
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Expat Profile: Dad Left to Teach English Abroad and Never Looked Back
I’m so happy to welcome Jason Jenkins to the Family Freedom Project. This story is inspiring and exciting, especially if you have any sort of sense of adventure or wanderlust. I’ll let Jason tell us...
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Why Costa Rica for Our Life Abroad?
I get this question a lot – Why Costa Rica? I had the opportunity to work with Air Transat as a #TransatExpatExpert. We spent a day creating this video which turned out to be a perfect expression of...
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Why Consider Costa Rica On Your Next Family Vacation?
Guest post submitted by Emma Oliver Photo Credit: Hernan Piñera via Compfight cc Costa Rica is one of the top destinations for travellers in Central America for its popular eco-tourism and...
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That’s one of the most common questions I receive by email each week. Some time ago, I described a variety of schools in the area. Over the years our children attended a couple of them and experienced...
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