Costa Rica has been known for health care and in recent years it has been booming with rapid growth of it’s health care system. One main reason for this rapid growth is visitors looking for health care because of rising cost in the USA or lack of coverage. The public and private hospitals of Costa Rica offer care at a very affordable price with some expertise that is par with the USA health care system. According to a recent certification by Joint Commision International (JCI) no other hospital in Costa Rica has stepped up to the rapid growth better than Clinica Biblica in San Jose.
Clinica Biblica Costa Rica
This is the second time the Clinica Biblica has been awarded this prestige honor and it will last until 2013 when they will be up for certification again. In a recent article by the TicoTimes they state that the certification of the JCI is based on: better patient care and safety; cost reduction and increased operational efficiency; growth in public confidence; continual improvement of sanitary conditions; education and best practices; increased employee satisfaction and recruitment.
One of the interesting parts I noticed is that they offer education and best practices. What the hospital does is offer education and free talks on how to take better care of yourself and live better. Now that sounds like a hospital that really cares.
With a recent operation from a private hospital in Costa Rica I could not have been happier with the service and care they gave me which was most important. After the service and care I was able to then enjoy the fact that the operation was a total of $5,000’s as compared to the $20,000’s I was quoted in the USA. Maybe I will take the $15,000 that is left over and look for some Costa Rican real estate.
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One of the reasons for buying a vacation home in Costa Rica is to just sit back and relax. Another reason is that you might want to get out of the city go hiking, whitewater rafting, surfing and get into an active way of living for you or the kids.
Costa Rica lends itself to being a perfect spot for all of these reasons. If you are looking for a vacation home in Costa Rica and you want to keep an active lifestyle there are a number of places you might want to look depending on what type of activities you are looking for.
Areas of Active Living
1.) Guanacaste – This area in the north Pacific of Costa Rica has become a great spot for surfing and a number of options of places to live in from Condos, houses, and large pieces of land. The activities in the area can be more than just beach activities. You can go hiking in the tropical dry forest or make your way up to an area called Borinquen Hotel which is around 2 hours from the area and there you rise in elevation and can experience an amazing zipline, mud-baths, hiking to Rincon de la Vieja volcano (4 hour hike) in a very lush green forest.
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2.) Jaco – Here is an area in activities that are similar to Guanacaste. Many activities are located at the beach. You can also take the quads out and ride many of the nearby trails. For the nature lovers visiting the Carara National Park is an easy hike on flat surface. There are also a few ziplines in the area with gandola trams.
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3.) Lake Arenal – This places has to be second on my list for activities to do in the area. First of all the lake is one of the top places on the planet for wind-surfing and kite-surfing during certain months of the year. Also in the town of La Fortuna is home to the
La Fortuna waterfall and you will notice that there are some adrenaline tours of rafting the Rio Toro or going canyoneering on some of the many nearby canyons. There are an endless amount of trails to hike one of them being to the Cerro Chato volcano or the
Arenal Volcano National Park. Living at the Lake you are outside of the large touristy area of La Fortuna but still close enough to enjoy all of the activities.
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4.) Dominical – This is the place that I have to vote for the person that wants to stay active during their vacation or just living an active lifestyle as the top spot. You will notice with the new coastal highway that once you start heading south of Jaco and Manuel Antonio the mountains start moving closer to the shore. This geological form means you travel less to get into the mountains. Very common to hear that this means in the Domincal area the mountain meets the see. You can literally raft some big rapids and just take your raft or kayak into the ocean on the same river. There are jungles all over and hikes to some of Costa Rica’s most beautiful and remote waterfalls excellent for
rapeling adventures. You head inland and you can experience the
activities of San Isidro and the nearby Chirripo National park. The Savegre River is nearby and is one of
Costa Rica’s best rivers for rafting. Biking is another option because you can be mountain biking in the morning and spend your afternoon surfing. Along with all these activities you have the
Corcovado National Park and Cano Island for hiking and snorkeling.
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Let us know if you know of places where you live in Costa Rica that lend itself to activities and an active lifestyle. We would love to hear you comments?
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We have all heard about doing business in Costa Rica and the benefits of investing in Costa Rica or giving a business a chance. But what we do not hear too much about is a Costa Rican business taking their sales to the USA. The Costa Rican’s are very tech-savy and very educated people. If I were to guess I would have said that a small tech company was giving it a go in the USA. Well it turns out I am way off. I guess I should stick to Costa Rica real estate blogging and Costa Rica Vacations.
The company that just recently opened up in the State of Florida in Palm Beach is Pops. If you have lived in Costa Rica or visited a few times you might be familiar with Pops. This is a small ice cream chain that is owned by Costa Rican’s and have spread themselves all over the country. They seem to be all over and sometimes I feel their are more Pops than ATM’s.
According to La Nacion the investment was done with $300,000’s and a contract to employ 12 employees. If anyone is in business in Costa Rica you know this is a very big difference than what you would pay to start a business here in Costa Rica. It will be interesting to see how they do and what they charge for ice cream. It is said that they will have local Costa Rican flavors but the most sold is the brownie.
Whatever happens and we hope for the best it is still a great thing to be proud of for all small business owners in Costa Rica and also says that with an economy still not completely on it’s feet in the USA that a small Costa Rican company can afford to go give it a shot and test their luck in the USA. So now if you are thinking of visiting Florida for a vacation and you are from Costa Rica you can have yourself a little taste of home.
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If you have ever purchased a car, house, property, or business in Costa Rica chances are you have been involved in an Sociedad Anonimous (S.A.). Basically here in Costa Rica it is just a corporation like in the United States used for dealing with business.
The S.A. has become the main way of doing business and almost everyone in the country has at least one if not more. The government looks to pass a new bill that would tax every S.A. in the country $200 per year. This is a sm
all amount but with the number of S.A.’s that exist this could be a nice boost to government spending.
The $200 extra dollars a year from each S.A. is a tax that the government plans to use to boost security in and around the country. The security has taken giant leeps in the last couple of years with more police, cameras in cities, and an improving legal system.
So for anyone thinking of doing Real Estate do not get alarmed a small $200 fee each year if you decide to do your business in an S.A. will go to a very good cause.
Guanacaste is the spot that has seem to put Costa Rica on the real estate map in the last decade. Through tough economic times and a number of other worldly test it seems Guanacaste is not settling down and the most obvious sign would have to be a $27million dollar expansion to the Liberia Airport.
A good sign for the
Guanacaste area because this means the 900 passengers that fit in the airport before will now fit 1500 and even some room for a coffee shop and food court.
From looking at this from a real estate perspective it can only mean good things to come. If the infrastructure is improving starting with the airport and roads which are all pretty much improvements of the past then the sky is the limit for those that want to invest and give this “gold coast” a try.
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It is not all about soccer here in Costa Rica. If you visit La Sabana park on a Saturday or Sunday you will notice that Costa Rican‘s are open to almost any type of organized sport. The La Sabana park has everything from basketball, gymnastics, boxing, speed skating, and much more. Costa Rica in the recent months is home to two athletes that have not only put themselves on the map but are making a name for Costa Rica in sports other than soccer.
If you have not heard the names already they are a young man named Nery Brenes and a 27 year old women from Limon named Hanna Gabriel. Nery is Costa Rica’s fastest person being a track and field dominance on an international level. Hanna is one girl who you do not want to get in road rage with or a bar fight. She is Costa Rica’s world championship boxer and she surely fits the profile.
Hanna Gabriel
Hanna Gabriel comes from a family of athletes. Her father is a promoter of boxing and she only got into boxing to try and lose some weight and she ended up being the world champ. Her brother plays in Costa Rica’s professional soccer league. She holds a record of 11 wins and 1 tie. Her weight clase has here competing at around 155lbs. They are starting to televise here fights on TV here in Costa Rica and it is quite the treat to watch this women fight. She looks as if she is in perfect shape and is a very beautiful young lady who might have a career in modeling after she finishes punching people in the face.
Nery Brenes
Nery Brenes is a 25 year old also from the province of Limon who competes on the international level of track in field running the 400 mts which is one of the most competitive events on the planet. Nery‘s running has taken him on a tour around the world visiting Germany, Puerto Rico, Japan, China, Spain, and many more on the list to come. He has won gold on numerous events and has the Olympics in sight to run with the world’s fastest.
With many young Costa Rican’s and a country that enjoys staying active you can be assu
re that many more athletes will be making big news from Costa Rica in the future and remember don’t just focus on the soccer ball there are many more sports that can put these young Costa Rican’s on center stage.
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With two very important visitors from Japan this week celebrating the 75th anniversary of good relations between Costa Rica and Japan there is much to celebrate about. The visitors are Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko. Japan had done a lot in recent years for Costa Rica and it looks as if they do not plan on slowing down.
Japanese Contributions to Costa Rica
Three reasons for celebration were mentioned and environmentalist I have a feeling where celebrating also. The first reason was a $9 million dollar agreement with Costa Rica’s Institute of Electricity for a
project on solar power. Let’s not forget that Costa Rica still plans to
be the first carbon neutral country by it’s 200th year anniversary 2021. The second w
as an $8 million dollar boost to work on preserving more forest areas. Last but not least which I can imagine will only help the future of
Costa Rican real estate and just overall development of the country is a $130 million dollars for the Central Valley sewer project.
There are a number of other things the Japanese have helped with in recent years but these were some of the big contributions that will surely leave a positive impact on all of Costa Rica for years to come. All of these just give more
reasons to invest in Costa Rica.
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The numbers are in and as some might not believe according to the TicoTimes Costa Rica set a record in 2010 to the number of tourist arriving to Costa Rica. The number was over 2 million tourist. This is great news for the Costa Rican economy and also something everyone interested in Real Estate wants to hear.
This is an exceptional amount of tourist considering the economic crisis of 2009. This is a great sign for
Costa Rica Real Estate because as most of you know the more people that come to see Costa Rica the more will want to
buy real estate. Also to have this many visitors or people that find an interest in Costa Rica for whatever the reason might be is going to help property value hold firm.
This is an excellent sign for anyone in business in Costa Rica not just real estate. It surely means a lot for those people that work in
Costa Rica tourism industry also but you can be in any business and be glad that there are positive numbers of Tourist arriving in Costa Rica .
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The holidays are coming to an end and Costa Rica is one of the best of taking time off, celebrating the break, and bringing in the New Year. If you are from Costa Rica chances are you might have spent the Christmas holiday in your homes with your family and then made a trip to the beach for New Years to enjoy some of Costa Rica’s natural beauties.
Some might ask each other what the New Year of Costa Rica might bring to the economy. I happen to spend the New Year in the town of
Tamarindo and looking at it from a tourist point of view the place was happening, hotels were full, and people were spending. I then came back to the town of Heredia to see the new expansion on the mall of Paseo de las Flores. For those of you that are familiar with the mall Multiplaza in Escazu well Paseo de las Flores in Heredia is doing everything it can to stay right with it as Costa Rica’s top malls. I found everything from Kenneth Cole to Nautica shops in a town that just a few years ago all it had was a central market. The money here in Costa Rica is making it’s rounds and it could be a very positive economic year for the Costa Rican economy.
Costa Rica Real Estate 2011
With the Real Estate industry I feel that good things are to come. All of these signs of more tourist, more people spending, and an already rise out of the recession at the end of 2010 should be a good indicator that 2011 has some good things to bring in the market.
From the company of Properties in Costa Rica we wish everyone a very Blessed New Year!
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Many of us watched the opening ceremonies to the new stadium in San Jose which much anticipation of seeing the most decorated soccer player on all the planet. Lionel Messi from Argentina and his national team were invited for a friendship game in San Jose in the new stadium against Costa Rica’s “La Sele”. To the surprise of many Messi did not even play in the game but spent his time on the bench watching the second string team of Argentina battle for a 0 – 0 tie game against Costa Rica.
Why did Messi not Play?
I am not your average sports daily writer but with the buzz around Costa Rica of why Messi did not play I thought I would break it down to simple economics. If you were watching the game you noticed before the game even started that there were commercials for “Real Madrid vs. Barcelona” which is a very important game that is being played in Spain next week. Unless you live on Mars you probably know that Messi plays for Barcelona and Barcelona pays Messi a lot of money. Just to give you an idea of why Messi did not even for a second consider playing you might want to take a look at these numbers of what he was making during that game for sitting on the bench.
Barcelona Pays Messi:
Daily Pay: $49,600
Hourly Pay: $6,204
Paid per Minute: $102
This is what we call a serious investment and by Messi not playing Barcelona was just protecting their investment like any good business would do. It is unfortunate that we did not see Messi play against “La Sele” but when you deal on the professional level as Messi does you have to realize that: professional is defined as – engaged in a specific activity as one’s main paid occupation rather than a pastime.
Don’t worry thought I think Costa Rica will beat Argentina in the next world cup in Brazil and I am sure Messi will play then.
