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I’m dying at the people who were asking about Starbucks when Costa Rican coffee is top tier!! 😂😂😂

I am a Black female that moved to Costa Rica earlier this year along with my husband, and I would say your journey is just beginning. Most expats don't move to Costa Rica to go to San Jose, Some people may go to Escazu, which is right above San Jose & a little like Beverly Hills upscale area. The only reason you go to San Jose is to go to the airport in Alajuela. Once you get outside of that area it is green beyond green because of the rainy season. The newer homes that are being built around the country are beautiful & very tropical. You also want to go to Liberia (Guanacaste) side which is a little less rainy. You also want to go to the Carribbean side where the Afro Carribbean population is & becoming very trendy amongst tourists & a lot more Black people are moving to the area where they speak English. Most of the new builds in Costa Rica have synthetic wood flooring, same as in the US. Where I live further south you do not see white tile. I think that's more of a condo thing & once you leave that area, you will see very little condos, except in Jaco (pronounced Haco). I agree Mexico has the old colonial archetecture & Costa Rica is all about nature. I absolutely love it even with the rain. There is a big organic, vegeterian, raw food population going south. A lot of fresh fish, lots of fruits & the farmers market in San Isidro is to die for or live for. My point is just know that expats don't go to San Jose unless they are going to the airport or conducting business or a particular reason; never to live. Costa Rica is very diverse so you really have to travel around before forming opinions.

People stare at you Stephanie because you are a beautiful woman, period!

I just love her, so uplifting , she has a wonderful spirit.....

Girl, get on that book. I just finished my 1st book in a series but need to do the edits. I've lived in the US, MX, and UK and traveled to many other countries and still doing so. I have learned though that I am not into tropical, rainy, humid buggy areas. I am much more in tune with the Mediterranean climate. I look forward to seeing where you end up next. Loving these videos.

My NOLA cousins moved to San Jose after Katrina. They set up a House Cleaning Biz so they stayed in that area. But they would travel outside to other spots for weekends.

I love Halisi and Ric from the My Black Utopia YT‼️ So glad you are connecting with them next week for a chat! They are a beautiful, wonderful couple.❤ and appreciate their journey.

Hey Stephanie, I’m in San Rafael de Escazu. (Marina helped me move here and yes she has moved to Mexico.) Look for real vanilla bean or extract at The Green Center (organic grocery store) sometimes at Pricesmart (Costco) when it’s in stock. You will find vanilla essence at most of the local shops, you can also use the grocery tab in Uber if you want it delivered. There is a lavandería to have clothes washed or altered around the corner from me as well. Happy to answer any other questions you may have. Bienvenida a Costa Rica 🇨🇷😊

This is perfect!! I was just talking about Costa Rica a couple of days ago. Thank you 😊

I just got back from 8 days in CR. I’m definitely going to buy or build a home there in the next 2 years. I love it there. Been going for over 10 yrs and seeing the pacific side really resonated my soul and theres the Caribbean side which is also beautiful.

OMG! You made me order that green sauce from Amazon. It arrives Monday. Just in time for taco Tuesday!😅 I consider the housekeeping service to be a part of my self care. It’s in my monthly budget in the same category with hair retightening (I have locs), nails and other random acts of ease. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m looking forward to more videos of your scouting trip throughout Costa Rica.👍🏼

They are staring at your beauty Sis! Let them look.

Please do a walking tour of San Jose.....that would be nice.

Catching the replay. Love this topic 💞

Excited to read the job detox!

Your “good mornings” remind me of Romper Room and Wonderama from when Inwas a kiddo😂

Thank you for all of the incredible info you share. Also, the title of your book is so compelling! Wishing you well on your book tour.🙌🏽

Stephanie, your laugh is infectious. 💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️

Try lemon extract Stephanie....it gives the pancake and waffles a pound cake taste:) (u gotta add sugar and butter to the mix too)

The length of rainy season is one reason I’m not there. The other reason… it’s dark at 5:30 or about EVERY DAY.

ive been to Costa Rica, and road their bus system, very nice, affordable and the people are super friendly

Omg! Have you connected with Shanicia Boswell? She’s founder and owner of The Selfcare Retreat & BlackMoms Blog. She recently relocated from Atlanta and as far as I know, she loves it!

I visited last year in San Jose and did the tourist thing. It was beautiful and I loved it. The next time I come I want to go on the Carribean side and experience my folks.

Hi Stephanie! I've been watching you for a few months now. You've opened my eyes. Thank you for all this good stuff. I am excited because I am starting my life over and I feel like a kid again. I want to find remote work so that I can make enough money to live as I continue to build my business and enjoy living in a different country.

My Canadian dentist ordered my veneers from a CR manufacturer. I have had them for over 10 years. Best money I have ever spent on myself.

Stephanie I love your energy

I'm so happy I found your page.

In Latin America, there are only two countries were drinking tap water is safe, one of the is Costa Rica, and the other one is Chile.

I love that you are being intentional with your plan to adopt children in CR Stephanie. Good for you! You'll be an excellent madre !

I plan on traveling very soon to Thailand and other countries to reach overseas. I love watching your channel and hearing your advice from you and women alike. Also you are so beautiful! Just wanted to send love❤

You had me laughing at your vanilla extract deficiency, doing the laundry face, and the ox even minding its business while in Costa Rica stories. 😅 Enjoy and continued success!

Good morning beautiful 😍I was just in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 in Sept we stayed in Dominical and it was beautiful, green, people are kind 😀😊food delicious. Lots mountains, hot springs, I could live there..safe travels 😀

The bus system in CR is excellent!!

Have fun in Costa Rica😎

Thank you for making this video! I have always loved being around Hispanic cultures. Ever since my 1st time leaving the country (U.S.), at 18, I just loved to travel and considered living abroad. 🥰

Hi Stephanie, great content every video.Have you considered moving to Portugal? What are pros and cons in you’re opinion?

So happy for you. Will you do videos on navigating through a real estate purchase? It is different everywhere.

Hello everyone Thank you great content ☺️

It looks like you've found your place. Congratulations!

Yes. I agree pure ingredients in my coffee also.

Love your blessed life 🙏🏽💚

Automercado in SJ is my fave as well 😂😂😂

hi there! best wishes on your time in costa rica. i was there last month for a couple of weeks and absolutely loved it. Jaco, San Jose, Manuel Antonio and La Fortuna. I too was taken aback by how few black people there were yet how un-noteworthy my blackness was as a foreigner.

Welcome to Costa Rica. 🇨🇷👍❤️

This is cool so that you can feel the good vibes .

Costa Rica specialize in Dentistry... People from everywhere fly there for dental work.

I was born in Costa Rica, it is a beautiful country in terms of Nature. However, please understand that Costa Rica also experience racism, homophobia & discrimination. It’s a Patriarchal society & very religious. Costa Rican may be polite yet prejudiced

Stunning beauty!

Your vanilla extract hack is blowing my mind.

Costa Rica seems beautiful, but it's smart you did your do diligence

You will find a large black community in Heredia and Alajuela. They community to San Jose for work.

IN West Africa, too, lots of gates and walls. Older Spanish and Arab traditions, security meets history lol.

So excited Good Day

in the UK but just hearing about Sorjourners(?) session. Sounds interesting.

We have lived here in Ciudad, Colon CR for almost 2 years now! Family of 5😄 it is the town right next to Santa Ana. Would love to connect with any other fellow black families or individuals that may be here👋🏾

I visited Guanacaste and absolutely LOVED it. I honestly would love to retire there is possible.

WONDERFUL

I should have gotten my Invisalign done in CR. Here in Cali the damn Dentist don’t know what the heck he’s doing. Paid $5,500 & still not happy 🤦🏾‍♀️.

Vanilla extract can be bought at their Walmart store. Their imported wines are affordable there also. However, American imports were expensive.

Baileys yes! Hold the coffee though.

I love Queretaro. I use online grocery delivery, and I have local friends, who shop for anything I need. Charles Schwab works for me.

Yeah for carelessness. Carelessness since the 90's And I love it!

Go down the hill to visit Escazu .😊

Did u ever get to visit Panama? Its a whole vibe

I spent some time in Costa Rica. My dentist is there and he informed me that the gates were necessary because without them anyone can claim your belongings. He said people would simply take your stuff!

❤❤❤

I love Limon ❤

My house was totally running my life ... and that's when I sold it!... lol... I was much happier after getting rid of it.

When I was a kid, there were no gates (mid-90s), at least where I lived (Moravia). Due to a wave of crime, 90% of properties were closed behind them for security. Now, it's safer but there's still this notion among my neighbors. Wish you good luck in your research.

@stephanie perry USAA was my first bank account (shout out to military parents) and I still use them for my car and renter's insurance. You said that they don't charge you foreign transaction fees for banking. Is that for credit cards or for debit cards/ atm transactions? I keep seeing that they charge a 1% foreign transaction fee.

Hi Stephanie! Chaplain Miller!

TWO DAYS LATER. GOOD MORNING. THANKS for sharing your dreams. Seems like Costa Rica is for you. ITS YOUR LIFE. Indeed it's more expensive than other places in Central America. Learn more foreign languages in your spare time. I speak French, Russian and Spanish at age 70. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, and the exodus summits' movement, thankfully, I went to sunny, warm Central America in 1999, remarried and now own property there. We live with our family and other local native farmers..................................living my dream -- Eze and unbothered, myself with my tall handsome husband from Central America

Hey Stephanie! Thanks for the info, what do you think is a good age to consider being an expat, would 25 be too soon?

How are you doing I loved Costa Rica

Rainy season ends round mid- November.

Sounds good

OMG 😳, when you mentioned that you couldn't find Vanilla extract😔 I felt your pain! How you gonna make a pound cake, how you gonna make a banana pudding. Yes I put it in my coffee☕️. Yes I put it in my oatmeal. 🤔 How can anyone live without vanilla extract.

There are lots of furnished condos that would be appropriate.

I love that…☺️ I’m also not at a “high definition “ age 🤔

Greetings from Lobdo Stephanie and Co.munity

People stare at me too Steph.

Costa Rica is on my scouting list would prefer a house do you have a link for looking at homes online.

That’s so wonderful for adopting , I moved back to north Somalia and adopted a little girl yes the presses is long for few years. When that time comes I will help you am becoming a expert for international adoption.

In my experience, people are nicer to dogs and cats than they are to other people.

Fwiw.. I once heard an interview with a man who operated as a double sagent for the United States and Britain. They were talking about the times to come. They asked him, if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? He said Costa Rica. They asked him why. He said because they're happy people and with the things that are coming? You'll need to be around happy people.

Would like a recommendation for a country in Central America with a sizable Black population for retirement. Was thinking of the Dominican Republic but its only accessible by air or sea.

I am in the same boat and I'm telling you check Panama. Bouquete is unbelievably beautiful and modestly priced and there's many Americans. If you like Islands Boca Del Toro and it's right on the border with Costa Rica on the east side both are cheap and very nice Costa Rica is just becoming too expensive and it doesn't offer the amenities in the future does not look as right it's continuing to go downhill and I've been going there since 2013 and I will be there in November 30th I like it there but I do not think I will buy a house or retire there it's too expensive

😊 There is a saying, “ Cats are not dogs.” Costa Rica is not Mexico. I’ve been torn between the two for years.

You will not get vanilla extract in the grocery store. You have to go the the pharmacy -you can ask for pure or mix with other flavors

Hi Stephanie, I love all that you are saying we have similar plans….. How do I get to speak to you 1 on 1 D.

I care about your vanilla crisis, Stephanie❤

Hi Stephanie I just joined THS and am so excited. I got a one night sit right away with no references. But I have questions about the website that couldnt really be answered to my satisfaction when I called the help number. I wanted to pick your brain about it. I think proving your integrity is so important to get the Trust going at THS. So why do they only check out me and not my husband? They want to check the person that is the main name on the profile and the "partner" is just a tag along that doesnt have to be checked out. Do the homeowners realize this? My husband and i have been married like forever, but to THS my partner could be my boyfriend of the month who may or may not be a criminal, and even I wouldnt know it, you know? When i asked them about this they just said that checking me out was sufficient enough for THS. Personally , I could not let a couple stay in my home knowing this. Also the company that does the check - EvidentID. They could not tell me how much of a background check they actually do. I do know this. My husband recently went to get a gun carry permit. We dont carry our gun be he just wanted the right to in an emergency. We had to pay 80 dollars just for the background check which entails getting all 10 fingerprints from you and takes 2 weeks to run through. It is thorough, checking you out on a national, state and county level. Now i know this EvidentID could not be doing any where near as thorough of a check as that because they dont have our fingerprints! Also THS told us that the houseowners are only checked for ID, and they are NOT checked out at the same level as the sitters. Well that could be a concern for me as a sitter if they leave home early morning and ask the sitter to just come stay with them the night before . They could be - well you know. Its just a concern. Anyway, other than that I am ecstatic about the possibilities of this opportunity. Let me know your thoughts, and I would soo appreciate it. Also - they said there was no way i could get a more thorough background check on us through them and I would need to do that on my own and share that privately with potential homeowners. Have you ever heard of anyone do that? I think it would be a trust and integrity booster for us and help with our competition on sits since we are newbies. -Thanks from said newbies!

I find it interesting that as precious as Vanilla extract is to me, I without fail tip that little bottle over. 😫 Just an a side

My niece just came back from there ... there is a big black community there and according to her they are very unified.

The 5000 house would be good for golden girls.

Have you visited sited Limon?

AutoMercado 😀😀😀😀😀👏🏽👏🏽

Hi Stephanie how much money do I need to move to Costa Rica? Do they have a Costco?

Curridabat 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. Excellent choice. I’m with you; I don’t want an apartment. I’m from NY and I don’t want to retire to an apartment.