Choose Costa Rica for Retirement (Insiders' Guide S.) - Softcover

Howells, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762741643 ISBN 13: 9780762741649

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2006

Synopsis

"Choose Costa Rica for Retirement" is the ultimate guide for everything you need to know about when considering retirement to this Central American paradise. It includes detailed discussions on the cost of living, managing investments, health care, and safety. The guide also provides up-to-date and thoroughly researched advice on where to find the best restaurants, entertainment, and exploring the pristine coastline. With its expert advice, easy to use format, and friendly manner, this is the essential resource for anyone thinking of retiring full-time or part-time to their own little piece of paradise.

About this title

About the Author

John Howells knows Latin America well. He lived in Mexico as a youth and traveled extensively, publishing several guidebooks about living, retiring, and investing in foreign locations, and qualifying him as an expert on what it's like to be an expatriate in this charming little country, the “Switzerland of Central America.” John and his wife Sherry divide their time between Costa Rica and California, and they are in the process of building a new house on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast.

From the Back Cover

Not Your Father's Retirement Guide! Looking forward to a time when work and family obligations are behind you? Choose Costa Rica for Retirement gives you all the info you need for how to travel to, invest in, and feel at home in this unspoiled and thriving Central American country. Inside you ll find up-to-date information on:Local customs and politics
Cost of living and real estate Business opportunities
Advice for making new friendsRecreation and community offerings
Medical care and personal safety

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762741643
• ISBN 13: 9780762741649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320