HELP! What do you tell a friend who's thinking about moving to Costa Rica?

[BobbyAWS]

The subject line says it all.

A friend of mine is thinking about pursuing a job in Costa Rica. He asked me what it's like to live there. I told him that I've never been there, but that I would ask you guys, and print your responses.

If he was a friend of yours, what would you tell him?

Thanks in advance to all.

Bobby

(BTW, he's 31 and single; he doesn't speak any Spanish; he's been to Europe, but never to Central America nor the Carribean.)

 

[Dante]

thats easy....watch out for the THONGS they are killer man

 

[delrio]

Bobby:
It is kind of nice down here.
Roads are bad, but the weather is nice ! For example, right now winter is here, but the good thing is that temperature never changes, it is never cold and you get sunny mornings almost every day, it rains in the afternoons, it REALLY rains!!.
If he is going to rent, he can get a great place for as little as $400/month. There are lots of nice places to go out at night, excellent food, great beach hotels...
It is nice!

 

[corey]

Unless you have money in the bank and are willing to spend it to maintain yourself while looking for a job DON'T DO IT.

This place can be expensive.