RE: At First Glance - A Few Things I’ve Noticed
I remember reading you were heading to Costa Rica at some point, and now you've really done it, @dandays! There's so much to know here. Maybe you've already written about it. Like, was it you or @puravidaville who first thought about leaving the country, and then, in searching where to go and how to do it, why did you end up with Costa Rica?
I've looked at both Belize and Costa Rica before. Very beautiful places, but I've yet to move myself and my wife to either place.
You're on Latino time, now, dude. It happens when it happens.
I've had some experience driving in Mexico, which, from the sound of it, is similar to what you're experiencing. The first time I had the family in a car just south of the border in Tijuana and we were trying to get to my wife's uncle's shop or some such thing, and we had to go through a three lane roundabout to get there.
It took forever for me to feel safe to get into the roundabout. Meanwhile, people behind me were passing and getting into the stupid thing! Then, once I finally got in, I had people switching lanes in front me and behind me all at once trying to get to where they were wanting to go. It could have very well have been choreographed ahead of time for all I knew. I just couldn't get the timing and the rhythm down. Finally, I just kind of lowered my head and bulled my way out of there.
Another time was in a rented car with a friend from work driving around the Merida area of the Yucatan while on vacation. That worked out great. Villages and hardly any cars on the road, though we had narrower streets and slower speeds.
The third was with my wife in the Cancun area heading down to Tulum. That one had more cars, but not as bad as Tijuana, though I was watching out for the police cars. Fortunately, our rental looked too beat up to be driven by tourists, so we didn't have to worry about them, either. :)
All kinds of things are going to change for the two of you. Holy cow. :)
Long time, no see, this sure is a pleasant surprise. God bless you, sir, happy 2019, I hope you and the Mrs. are having the best year ever. Thank you for all of the kind words and sharing those stories. I’m not a big fan of roundabouts either, not gonna sugar coat it! Eh, my wife calls them “social experiments.” Ha!!
We’ve been here in the past, we actually did our honeymoon here once, too, back in 2016 we spent a month here and that time we made the decision—‘let’s move there,’ everything will work out the way it’s supposed to. 2 years, 2 weeks, 5 days is how long it takes to get a honorable release from the feds. Could you imagine?? A common question during our being released was “did you sell all your furniture?” I would say, “could you imagine breaking your arm 3,000 miles away without ‘insurance’ and don’t speak the language?”....suddenly is furniture is what it is—nothing. 😉
I look forward to posting all of the various things we get ourselves out of, sir. We both really love it here. My best way to describe it is people don’t care what you do here, they only care about you. I’m used to “what do you do?” “Where do you work?” <- Common questions. You won’t get that here, all you’ll get here is Hola or Pura Vida. People ask who you are around here, not what you do.
Having grown up in L.A., I’ve been all through Tijuana and down into Ensanada, Rosarito, Baja etc. since forever. I’ve never seen any driving like this!! “Woah!”
Thanks for stopping by @glenalbrethsen, great to hear from you again, don’t be a stranger!