Claim OwnershipThe Puravida Life Costa Rica
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Welcome to our podcast. We are Tom and Ren and we welcome you to our journey in Costa Rica
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Welcome back to our podcast. After a 7 month hiatus from telling our story about our new life in Costa Rica as Gringo Expats, we are back to share some of the everyday stories of daily life living in paradise by the Pacific Ocean.
In this episode we share a little about the change in seasons, Christmas in Costa Rica, our new friend Rocky and yes, our first guests ever to our house.
In this episode we talk about banking and the challenges we have had with it, our pest experience, the heartbreak of pet theft and what we do during the day.
Can you make it here on 1000 US per month or is the total much much higher? Some insights on how to make it in Costa Rica on a budget.
Can I move to Costa Rica or any beautiful destination for that matter and live a sustainable lifestyle of my dreams? In this episode we discuss the 5 things you need to look at to make it work.
In this episode we answer some questions from our audience about what we are doing these days, what are biggest challenge has been thus far, and some of the people we have met in our short time in Costa Rica.
The goal is to become a Centenarian, that is, live past 100, look super fit and feel full of energy and perform at our peak in everything that we do. In this episode, we systematically talk about the steps we take to get there in our daily routines.
The long awaited farmers market return from the delays that Covid brought is finally available to us. Is it all that it’s cracked up to be? Are the prices THAT good? Is the food THAT fresh? In this episode we bicker a little over a few topics related and unrelated to the day trip.
A look back at our first month here in Costa Rica, the good, the not so good and what we miss back home.
We have been living for the past month without a vehicle. How has it affected us? Why haven’t we purchased one? What have we been doing to get by? Do we really need a vehicle? In this episode we answer some of these questions.
In this episode, we talk about what our life looks like on a daily basis. Less about life in paradise and more about intentional living, every day serves a purpose that we try to make greater than ourselves.
In this episode, we share some of the fun little panic attacks we’ve had as it relates to natural disasters as well as the need to protect your assets through proper home insurance.
In this episode, we give helpful tips to eat healthy, keep your budget in check and shop to stretch your dollar in Costa Rica.
What do you bring clothing wise to Costa Rica knowing it’s a tropical climate with a rain and dry season?
In this episode, we discuss what is available to us communication wise in Costa Rica including Internet service providers and our phones, local plans.
In this episode, we talk about our first day in our neighbourhood and the surprises we encountered.
In this episode, we talk about our experience arriving at the Airport in San Jose Costa Rica and the challenges that ensued.
In this episode, we share how a Private Charter flight was made available to us and the flight experience itself.
In this episode, we talk about the madness that was selling all of our possessions and transitioning to a new life, but not before driving around the countryside staying from place to place not knowing when or if we would ever get to Costa Rica in 2020.
In this episode, we share our first impressions of Costa Rica, the power shopping adventure that was our real estate search and the very first steps of our new life.
In this episode, we talk about Costa Rica as a possibility that quickly became thee location that we were going to call home, even before making our way down there to check out all that the country had to offer.
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