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Shipping a Vehicle to Costa Rica
Shipping a Vehicle to Costa Rica Submitted by Jason Mueller, who has lived in Costa Rica for three years and specializes in facilitating the process of shipping vehicles to Costa Rica. If you have dreamed of living in a beautiful villa in paradise island, then Costa...
Simple Life in San Buenas Soothes Complicated Soul
It's called the Urban Scowl for men and Resting Bitch Face for women. Surely, my female friends would argue this is not fair. That it ought to be RBF for everybody or Urban Scowl for both genders. And my more 'Snowflake-y' friends would get upset assuming RBF is...
Cafe’ Rey Market: The Cultural Hub of Downtown San Buenas
The Cultural Hub of Downtown San Buenas By Ezekiel Tyrus Sitting on a bench in front of Cafe' Rey Market, and thinking this has the flavor of a general store in the Old American South, or even Old Florida. Incredibly hot and the road is dirt. Chickens walk by freely....
Thoughts on New International Airport in Costa Rica
Written by Nick Halverson / February 2017 My first trip to Costa Rica was in March 2005. During that initial trip, the local real estate agent told me about the "New international airport that will be built soon." Here we are twelve years later and still not another...
Costa Rica is Happiest Place on the Planet
Costa Rica has once again been ranked as the happiest place on the planet by the Happy Planet Index. Here's their scoring of Costa Rica. This is the third time that Costa Rica has been ranked at the top spot. They also were ranked as the Happiest Place on the Planet...
What is the Costa Rica Government Like?
Message from Nick Halverson One of the first questions that is asked by prospective customers of ours is about the Costa Rican government. Typically one of the following is asked: What type of government does Costa Rica have? Is Costa Rica a democracy? What is the...
The Writers’ Retreat of San Buenas was a success
We recently completed planning and hosting the first ever Writers' Retreat of San Buenas. Based on the feedback from all of the participants it was a great success!! Our featured author was Will Viharo, who has over ten books published (purchase one here on Amazon)...
Our Newest Home is Complete
We recently completed our newest home in the Vistas portion of our project. This beautiful home was designed and constructed by our crew through a partnership with a local engineering and architectural firm who has built our last five homes. The home was completed...
Corcovado National Park adds stations to attract tourism
NOTE: Original article is from The Tico Times | The following article is great news for everyone who owns and/or visits Las Villas de San Buenas. Corcovado National Park is approximately a 2 hour 45 minute drives from Las Villas de San Buenas (map). Corcovado National...
Costa Rica Exports Up in 2016
Original article: The Tico Times Sales abroad of Costa Rican products grew by 8 percent last year, while exports of services saw a 12 percent increase, according to an official report released Monday. Officials from the Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) and the Foreign...
Will Viharo at the 2017 San Buenas Writer’s Retreat
Will Viharo The dates for our premier retreat are January 29-February 4, 2017, and we at The Writer’s Retreat of San Buenas couldn’t be more pleased that Will Viharo is going to be our first guest author and instructor. Will ‘the Thrill’ Viharo is a noted “gonzo pulp”...
Our Next Home to be Built
We will soon begin building our next home here in Las Villas de San Buenas. We will be updating the progress here on the website, but we wanted to show you the 3D model. The owners of this home have spent almost a decade spending long periods of time every year in...
New Property Manager Makes Owning and Renting Easier
We are proud to announce the newest member of the Las Villas de San Buenas team, Jennifer Ivey! Jennifer is part of a new property management company that will soon be making a big impact in the area - Osa Property Management. Osa Property Management and Jennifer...
If You Love Somebody, Bring Them to Paradise
I'm lonely in paradise. Naively, I thought 3 months in Costa Rica would be like Hemingway's 'A Movable Feast' or like any of the Beat Generation writers living in Mexico City or Morocco. Instead it was like 'Walden' by Henry David Thoreau. I've spent an incredible...
If You Love Somebody, Bring Them to Paradise
I’m lonely in paradise. Naively, I thought 3 months in Costa Rica would be like Hemingway’s ‘A Movable Feast’ or like any of the Beat Generation writers living in Mexico City or Morocco. Instead it was like ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau. I’ve spent an incredible...
