Yearly Archives: 2015
Costa Rica Currency Exchange Made Easy
QCOSTARICA via Costa-rica-guide.com - After nearly a decade of strict control the central bank allowed the exchange rate to bump up in early 2014 and it to around ¢555 – ¢565 to the dollar.
It’s been re-stabilized closer to ¢525 so the easy conversion described below is off by a...
Uber Holds First Driver Training Seminar
QCOSTARICA - For those still skeptical at Uber's arrival in Costa Rica, in a Sabana hotel on Saturday, the California-based company held its first driver training seminar.
During the seminar, held at the Hotel Auténtico in Sabana Este, 14 potential drivers who had registered on the Uber website this week,...
Why We Are Leaving Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA via Retireforlessincostarica.com - The Decision. In August of 2012, I wrote the article “Why We Chose Nuevo Arenal” for the Retire for Less in Costa Rica Newsletter. After retiring from my work as a civil engineer in Canada in 2009, my husband, Scott, and I spent our first...