I sold all my stuff, got on a plane, headed to Costa Rica and didn't know a single word
of Spanish.
Hi, I'm Allen Richard and that was November of 2013. While some of the videos you'll watch
will reflect our story..., this channel NOT about following some family in Costa Rica...this
channel is about YOU. Answering your questions and giving you the TRUTH about Costa Rica
as unbiasedly as possible.
Costa Rica is a beautiful place and people ask us a lot of questions... and I soon realized,
there is a LOT of mis-information about Costa Rica on the internet.
So, I decided, why not start a YouTube channel and share the TRUTH, the FACTS!
The cold hard facts.
Share the Good, the Bad and the Ugly and let you develop your own opinion about Costa Rica.
Since our arrival, we've lived in 11 different cities, rented and/or lived in 12 different
houses some of them twice.
We started in a city with Italian roots...San Vito at the Southern border of Costa Rica
near Panama.
Enjoyed beautiful beaches while living on the Pacific Coast near Jaco.
Then visited the Caribbean side. Living in the town of Cahuita, watching the monkeys
play and the sloths slowly going by... in our yard every day.
We enjoyed the national parks, and experienced the Afro-Caribbean vibe from Puerto Viejo
all the way up to Limon.
Traveled across the country to live in Carmona (twice) and enjoyed the costal towns on the
Nicoya Peninsula.
Went north to visit some popular tourist destinations like Tamarindo, Playa Grande, Playa de Coco
and Liberia.
Crossed over into the Nicaraguan border for a day just to check it out and then settled
over into the central mountain area of Costa Rica.
At the time of this recording...We live near what is considered the 2nd largest and fasting
growing city outside of San Jose, the city of San Isidro.
San Isidro and the Perez Zeledon area is a popular place for expats to retire. It offers
cool tropical temperatures of the mountains, however, expats are close to health care,
easy shopping, a big variety of restaurants and some entertainment.
Yet...if you want to spend the day at the beach, its only about an hour away.
And while this map only shows you some of the places we've lived...we've traveled, visited,
and seen the majority of Costa Rica while we lived in all those different locations.
I KNOW Costa Rica. I've experienced the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
When you subscribe we'll do our best share what we've learned and answer all your questions.
New videos get posted every Thursday at 8 PM EST. After each video premiers live...
we're live, online for about 30 min to an hour so we can answer your questions.
We look forward to helping you...so subscribe now and we'll see you Thursday evening!