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Summary: Required Reading
Review: "Potholes to Paradise" is a fantastic book. It is a must read for anyone thinking of going to live or do business in Costa Rica. The information is excellent. It will take you step by step through almost any situation you might encounter.This book will help to smooth over the bumps that may occur on any new adventure. I thoroughly enjoyed Tessa's writing style and forthrightness. Continued best wishes in paradise.
Rating:
Summary: Required Reading
Review: "Potholes to Paradise" is a fantastic book. It is a must read for anyone thinking of going to live or do business in Costa Rica. The information is excellent. It will take you step by step through almost any situation you might encounter.This book will help to smooth over the bumps that may occur on any new adventure. I thoroughly enjoyed Tessa's writing style and forthrightness. Continued best wishes in paradise.
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Summary: Potholes to Paradise
Review: An entertaining read that gave me facts and information that I needed when I considered Costa Rica for something more than just a holiday. The author's no nonense style is much appreciated! I would highly recommend Potholes to Paradise to anyone who is planning to spend an extended period of time in wonderful Costa Rica....
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Summary: behind the scenes in Costa Rica
Review: As a tourist, I did not intend to live in Costa Rica but I found this book extremely interesting - and entertaining - as it does point out much that is not obvious to the visitor's eye. It's an easy-to-read account that provides a good view of social and economic factors which are not evident if you are simply touring natural parks and enjoying the animals, birds and scenery. I also liked the last section, in which Tessa gives some advice on what to expect when you move to a foreign country.
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Summary: a helpful back seat driver
Review: Bumbling down a winding road, under the dark cover of sub-tropical
> rainforest, it's quite easy to land in a Costa Rican crater. A perfect
> analogy to international travel and living as a whole, Tessa Borner has
> written a friendly and familiar roadmap to approaching the pitfalls found
> in everything from setting up a business to approaching a social life in
> Costa Rica. This is not a guide for the backseat traveler; this guide is
> intended for those at the wheel, steering them carefully away from the
> dangers and annoyances known only to those with real practical experience
> and wisdom.
>
> Descriptions of how to approach banking, contracting, and legal
> issues are easy to follow and read more like suggestions from a close and
> trustworthy friend than from a lawyer. Despite one particular suggestion
> being to hire a lawyer immediately upon making the decision to set up a
> business, the advice of a lawyer - just like the advice of any paid
> professional - would fall far short of the creative approaches to living
> and enjoying life in paradise suggested in Borner's book.
>
> This book is the backseat driver you would wish to travel with
> while embarking on the path of opening a business in Costa Rica
Rating:
Summary: a helpful back seat driver
Review: Bumbling down a winding road, under the dark cover of sub-tropical
> rainforest, it's quite easy to land in a Costa Rican crater. A perfect
> analogy to international travel and living as a whole, Tessa Borner has
> written a friendly and familiar roadmap to approaching the pitfalls found
> in everything from setting up a business to approaching a social life in
> Costa Rica. This is not a guide for the backseat traveler; this guide is
> intended for those at the wheel, steering them carefully away from the
> dangers and annoyances known only to those with real practical experience
> and wisdom.
>
> Descriptions of how to approach banking, contracting, and legal
> issues are easy to follow and read more like suggestions from a close and
> trustworthy friend than from a lawyer. Despite one particular suggestion
> being to hire a lawyer immediately upon making the decision to set up a
> business, the advice of a lawyer - just like the advice of any paid
> professional - would fall far short of the creative approaches to living
> and enjoying life in paradise suggested in Borner's book.
>
> This book is the backseat driver you would wish to travel with
> while embarking on the path of opening a business in Costa Rica
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Summary: Oh, the fond memories!
Review: I bought a beach lot on Playa Potrero seven years ago and have visited the country yearly since then. Tessa's book made me smile--because I share so many of her opinions and experiences. She is right on the money and anyone thinking of traveling and/or moving to Costa Rica should add this to their list of "must-reads." I read the entire book on a two and a half hour plane trip--it's easy to read and full of helpful information.
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Summary: I found it helpful
Review: I did like that it was "part diary, part travelogue, part advice column" instead of so straightforward a text. Desultory, yes, but inviting--sort of like REAL travel and life abroad!Another book I found helpful before my "relocation-research trip" was a photo-essay book called, "Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made." It too gave me a feeling for the country in a randomized sort of way. But that's not to say it wasn't wonderful information and insight into Tico culture--like Borner's book!
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Summary: I found it helpful
Review: I did like that it was "part diary, part travelogue, part advice column" instead of so straightforward a text. Desultory, yes, but inviting--sort of like REAL travel and life abroad! Another book I found helpful before my "relocation-research trip" was a photo-essay book called, "Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made." It too gave me a feeling for the country in a randomized sort of way. But that's not to say it wasn't wonderful information and insight into Tico culture--like Borner's book!
Rating:
Summary: I found it helpful
Review: I did like that it was "part diary, part travelogue, part advice column" instead of so straightforward a text. Desultory, yes, but inviting--sort of like REAL travel and life abroad! Another book I found helpful before my "relocation-research trip" was a photo-essay book called, "Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made." It too gave me a feeling for the country in a randomized sort of way. But that's not to say it wasn't wonderful information and insight into Tico culture--like Borner's book!
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