The Downsides of Living in Costa Rica & Why I Left

The Downsides of Living in Costa Rica & Why I Left with Rebecca Anderson

In this weeks episode of travel, relocation, inspiration and living in Costa Rica Adam has a chat with Rebecca who lived in Costa Rica for 7 years between 2011 & 2018 before she moved back to the US.
The beach town of Samara was her home whilst she lived in Costa Rica. She has traveled all over the country and is still a travel consultant planning vacations to Costa Rica, now from Denver , Colorado.
We find what it was that pushed her to go back to the us and leave Costa Rica, from the small town, to dating in Costa Rica and limited culture, it all had an impact.

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01:20 Where are you located these days?
02:10 What brought you to Costa Rica in the first place?
03:55 Which beach did you move to in Costa Rica?
04:20 What was living in Costa Rica like for you being by the beach?
05:15 Were there many ex-pats living in Samara?
06:25 Which other Costa Rica towns would you compare Samara too?
07:15 What was daily life like for you?
08:00 What is the best place to eat out? (Shout out to Mama Gui's!)
09:00 What was your cost of living in Samara?
12:10 How safe was it living in Samara, Costa Rica?
13:15 What advice you would give someone looking to relocate?
15:40 How does it compare to 'home'?
16:35 Why did you leave Costa Rica!?
18:40 Was it a quick decision?
20:10 Did you have a big local group of friends as well as expats?
20:50 Was there any one thing that made you want to move? Dating in Costa Rica?
21:40 Had you thought about moving to other areas of Costa Rica before leaving?
24:00 What other downsides are there to living in Costa Rica?
27:10 What do you miss from Costa Rica?
28:10 What do you wish you could have told yourself 10 years ago before you moved to Costa Rica?
29:35 How often do you travel back to Costa Rica, and will you move back?


Presented by Adam Baker
Produced by Tempest Pictures