I know the feeling so I share all of the great videos like yours. I plan on heading your ways if everything goes right I'm on my way to Costa Rico in a few months. Keep Rocking your clips my friend!

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeremy, Costa Rica waits for you🇨🇷

Thanks, brother! I look forward to meeting you soon.

@CostaRicaStory

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Joseph🙂👍

Best Panama border run video yet Señor Ed. 👍 I know they others are more in-depth but this shows the drive to the border from Uvita and South, parking in Paso Canoas, exit tax windows, CR passport stamp out and in area, Panama passport in and out area as well. Everyone from Central America I truly believe has a Messi shirt. 😅 Thanks for not showing the cheese selection in Panama. 🧀😢….😂

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Next time we will have to do a cheese tease of the wide selection there(compared to Uvita)🤣😅

Hi Ed, can’t wait to be moved down there in 2025, thank you again for this very educational ( for me anyway) videos!

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful😁👍

Thanks a lot, Ed! Showing us the procedure of a border run is very informative and especially with all the hints and advices you provided. Oh yes, coming home is such a special feeling, unbeatable...Pura Vida ✌️😄 Btw, hopefully they will soon replace the 90 days for driving licences and turning these for the full 180...

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

I keep hearing encouraging words about them making the driving only 90, but it seems to always be in a multi step process of sorts

Awesome video. It's been a long time since I've seen one of these border hopping videos. Although, can't say I miss doing a border run...lol.

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Grif. You are now getting your passport stamped all over the world. Your travels are impressive👍

Very informative

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Gracias, thanks for watching🙂👍

Go to Bocas it’s fun

Welcome home Ed. Thank you for showing us the way.

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris😁👍

Thank you for taking us on your adventure! Greetings for Oregon!

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome, happy to have you along for the ride🙂👍

Excellent video Ed - hard to believe it’s been three years already. Ever Wonder what you would be doing now if you stayed in upstate NY?

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael. Time goes by really fast here. I try not to think about what my life would be like if I stayed where I was , living that same life🤔 But thankful to be where I am😁👍

Pura Vida Brother, hey for me after 180, days i just fly back to fort Lauderdale South Florida airport, at the 11:30, pm flight in San Jose air port and my son brings me a luggish of things i need and fly back on the morning The flight 11:30,am in Fort Lauderdale South Florida airport back to C,R, in less then 24,hrs in Tibas then to Nandayure Carmona Guanacaste

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Smart and nice to have such a nice son to help out too🙂👍

Te veo desde España hace mucho tiempo antes de vender tu propiedad en USA. Yo he vivido 20 años en Costa Rica pero no en ésta parte ...

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Gracias por seguirnos desde los primeros días.

Nice that by now foreign driver licenses are valid for the whole 180 days as well as for the whole time you are in “tramité” for residency

@CostaRicaStory

2 ай бұрын

Yes, good they all got on the same page with that finally

I've been following your channel for a while and find your videos very helpful. Do you feel it will remain practical to keep making these border runs in the foreseeable future? My wife and I love CR and are considering the Cartago area as tourists for 5-6 years until we qualify for residency via Social Security.

@CostaRicaStory

Ай бұрын

Well it is a little easier now that it is 6 months vs 3, so making the trip twice a year is not too bad.

Monkeys... Thank you for your videos. Cant wait for the fall to meet.

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Yep, thankfull for those little things….like monkeys in my back yard😅🐒🐵

quick question, why don't you drive over the border ?you just can't drive a rental car...and are you saying they no longer let you stamp back in a few hours later....many people say at the nicaragua border you can stamp back in a short time later- 15-30 minutes....have you heard this..

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

Yes, you can drive your own car across the border, but it requires a bit of red tape, insurance etc. Since I am just doing a border run it is easier just to leave the car on the Costa Rica side and walk into Panama. Yes, most people I have talked to who have done border runs to Nicaragua say it is usually just a few hours and you can stamp back in without an overnight stay. It used to be that way in Panama before covid, as I understand it. I go to Panama because it is a short drive in low traffic familiar roads.

Hi, how far is Jaco from Uvita?

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

About 1.5 hours I think

Do you plan to get CR residency? Is it expensive? Ive heard about $3500 pensiado?

@CostaRicaStory

3 ай бұрын

I would like to at some point. It can be that expensive depending on the attorney and how much of the process you inundate on your own. If you get copies of your birth certificate and background check apostled yourself it can save you some money. Another topic on my list of videos to get done.