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Once again mis amigo's YMMV

I went down to get my Costa Rica drivers license this week including the blood test needed beforehand. Total time at the clinic for certificado: ~ 10 minutes

Total time in line to acquire driver's license incliding the time it took to walk to the bank and pay the 4,000 colone fee: ~ 35-40 minutes.

Note(1): I NEVER stood in the lines with the Ticos. I went to the front, spoke to the guard, he sent me upstairs straight to the processing desk.

Note(2): My experience getting a Drivers License in San Jose, CA was a hell of a ot longer and more stressful.

mis dos colones from another point-of-view....

Pura Vida

EdB

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Well EDB, what would you expect?


You're like the Mayor in CR, flash the million dollar smile and breeze right through those lines



Cujo

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"Pain is the fuel that fans the flames of my pyre. A battle plan is only as good as the general carrying it out on the field. This is my war son, and I have the biggest bombs and the smallest conscience"...

1,000 +2 ways to waste your time
Drop by EDB pad with some laundry...
Would have been cheaper to have my tee-shirts dry cleaned

Perhaps, BUT then you wouldn't be able to recall all of those quality times trying to explain to the taxi driver how to get back home....

Pura Vida

EdB

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"You will never run out of good things because there is more than enough to go around. Life is meant to be abundant"
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Looks like reality has intruded after four years in CR. This is a good thread and guys who have the 'move to CR fantasy' should take heed. No place is perfect.

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Just ran across your post, Chi. Sounds like more things 'Muy Tico'.
Costa Rica IS quite an adjustment.
I liken the Ticos to a bunch of ten year olds. They are incapable of planning ahead, lying is totally natural and acceptable and the are some of the worst drivers I have ever seen. On the planet.
Work ethic??? ¿Qué es eso?
The banks? HAHAHAHAHA! What makes you laugh, can also make you cry.
I like to say, we don't ever have to worry about the Ticos taking over the world.
But, I guess everything is a tradeoff.
The States sure ain't what they used to be, either.

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Bring on the dancin' girls and put the champagne on ice. -Bon Scott

Costa Rica: We make easy, hard........

Hoe Dog koo koo ka choo